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Silk Antique Mohtasham Kashan Rug
About the Item
An extraordinary early 20th century Persian Mohtashem Kashan Silk rug.
Measures: 3'4'' x 3'8''
The rarest group of Kashan carpets that utilizes non-traditional designs and color palettes is the “Motashem Kashan,” which was woven up to the end of the 19th century. This elite class of Kashan carpets uses a very luminous quality of lamb’s wool, which gives the surface a highly reflective quality. Quite hard-to-find, true Motashem Kashan rugs are extraordinarily finely knotted. They employ either a graceful teardrop medallion or intricately detailed all-over blossom and leaf patterns.
Their preferred color palette is subtle pastel and earth tones, contrasted by a penetrating midnight indigo blue. At the same time, these hues retain a remarkable luster, as the rich lanolin has risen to the surface of each fiber of wool.
Also, early Motashem Kashan rugs often demonstrate a very sensitive and emotive use of intentional color shading, a technique known as abrash. In Mohtasham Kashan carpets dating from 1850 or earlier, the abrash is usually subtle and continual, with artful colors shifts within a single design and from one end of the rug to the other. This gives the rug a painterly quality and a visual depth that is akin to that of a watercolor painting. Motasham Kashan carpets of great age with minor to moderate, extremely well-executed restoration and some pile intact are extremely rare and typically held in private collections.
- Creator:Mohtashem (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Length: 44 in (111.76 cm)
- Style:Kashan (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1900
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Size Adjusted, Reduced in length.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
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