Antique Persian Kashan Rug, 10'01 X 13'04

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79806 Antique Persian Kashan Rug, 10'01 x 13'04.

The Noble Legacy: An Antique Persian Kashan Masterpiece of Timeless Elegance

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The Noble Legacy: An Antique Persian Kashan Masterpiece of Timeless Elegance

This hand-knotted wool antique Persian Kashan rug embodies the cultivated refinement that established Kashan as one of Persia’s most celebrated centers of courtly carpet production. Across a sumptuous navy blue field, an intricate allover floral pattern unfolds with remarkable discipline, creating the impression of a nocturnal garden preserved at the height of its bloom. Symmetrical floral sprays rise throughout the exceptional composition in stately repetition, their layered blossoms, scrolling stems, and graceful foliage revealing a sophisticated command of proportion. The deep ground lends the ornamentation jewel-like intensity, giving this cherished treasure the presence expected of a stunning masterwork intended for a distinguished interior.

The exceptional composition is organized around elaborate flowering sprays built from layered rosettes, each blossom radiating outward through successive petals to suggest continuity and the cyclical rhythms of nature. Interspersed among them are peonies, historically associated with power and elevated standing, alongside hyacinths, iconic symbols of regeneration, and tulips, emblems of prosperity. Together, these flowers transform the field into a symbolic landscape of privilege, vitality, and abundance. Their meticulous repetition creates a visual cadence that rewards close inspection, revealing new botanical details as the eye travels across the surface.

Among the most compelling elements are the pairs of deeply curved serrated sickle leaves that crown and embrace the flower clusters. Mirrored on either side of the sprays, these dramatic leaf arcs introduce movement while framing the blossoms with an almost heraldic authority. Their sweeping contours guide the eye inward toward the floral centers, establishing an elegant dialogue between structure and luxuriant growth. This interplay of foliage and bloom reflects the Persian garden ideal, where nature is ordered into an earthly vision of harmony, beauty, and cultivated prosperity.

Enclosing the field is a magnificent Shah Abbas palmette border, its grand blossoms and scrolling vines providing a ceremonial frame for the dense botanical interior. Triple floral meander guard borders add successive layers of ornament, creating an architectural transition from the central garden to the perimeter. The combination of saturated navy, warm madder tones, muted blues, and earthen accents gives the extraordinary masterpiece an aristocratic depth acquired through age. Created for an environment of discernment and status, this antique Kashan is a coveted statement of Persian heritage—an exquisite work of art whose scale, complexity, and symbolic richness convey the unmistakable language of connoisseurship.

Abrash.
Hand knotted wool.
Measures: 10'01 x 13'04.
Pile Height: 0.26 of an inch.
Date: 1920's. Early 20th Century. See less