Persian Rug - Kashan Kurk Rug - 3.90 x 3.02 Rug - FF558 Tribal

Persian Rug - Kashan Kurk Rug - 3.90 x 3.02 Rug - FF558 TribalZobeida, the favourite wife of the famous Caliph Haroun al Rasheed, established the town of Kashan, which is situated between Tehran and Isfahan. The Kashan district is possibly one of the best producers of Persian carpets. These carpets have taken the name of the region, and are simply referred to as the Kashan. Due to the very high quality of the wool, the very fine weaving and the beautiful colours and designs, Kashans have come to be classified

due in large part to the fact that area rugs woven with this knot tend to be more accurate and symmetrical

Turkmen rug

From time to time one also finds carpets of the Bakhtiari

It has a great combination of geometric and curvilinear patterns

A magnificent wool carpet from the city of Tabriz  It is a pictorial rug showing the poet Omar Khayam deep in  thought

and gold are used for the medallion

and elaborate medallions

This magnificent carpet is delightful and shows so much of the Persian Culture to the astute purchaser

but never fully overtook the various regional carpet traditions

Afshar means “obedient”

who were nomadic tribes from central Asia

Both warp and weft are of cotton