Persian Kashan Rug - 6.28x3.38Zobeida, 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
The woollen Kashan has between 120 and 240 knots to each square inch
The Iranian city of Isfahan has long been one of the centres for production of the famous Persian carpet
This is a beautiful central round pattern rug from the city of Tabriz
This geometric shape carpet has a lovely range of colours that compliment each other
The gentle hues and tones of colour provide uniformity throughout the carpet
in the center there is a large right-angled medallion with large marked corner sections
some carpets have a design with repeating patterns
a large salt desert to the east
The central design is a circular arrangement of motifs sitting in a rectangular shape out which sides of its length protrudes half circle shapes suggesting the evolution of the central circle shape pushing outwards
The most famous workshop in Isfahan is Seirafian
The border consists of a number of narrow bands framing a wider band
It is made of silk and is from the city of Qum
