Persian Kashan Rug - 3.55 x 2.45 AT-TY-83 Tribal

Persian Kashan Rug - 3.55 x 2.45 AT-TY-83 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

burnt orange and shades of brown make this carpet quite spellbinding

lovely guard borders

although some weavers have other backgrounds of Iranian descent

Meymeh rugs are authentic hand-woven Persian rugs

Balouchi rugs are unlike any other style of rug

The Afshar carpets usually have red and blue colour tones and mostly geometrical patterns

Qum rug production is a great success story

The fascinating designs using lines and arabesques that appear on Islamic architecture also appear on the modern Isfahan carpets

which distinguishes them from those of other areas

Having said that

The beautiful  floral pattern appearing often on a red field with magnificent guard borders

The pattern of the rug