Kashan Rugs

Collecting and exporting rugs in our family goes back to mid 20th century. Our great grandfather collected new and antique Persian rugs, which were sought after by both domestic and foreign buyers. Mohammadbagher Haghnegahdar - our grandfather - took charge of the business around 1965; his contributions lead to significant growth of exports and laid the foundation for the thriving company we have today.

In the late 1980s when the evolution of gabbeh rugs took place, our family was among the pioneers who rebuilt the rug-production business from the ground up.

It used to be a very traditional business reliant upon a small number of rugs provided by village weavers at random times during the year. We commissioned weavers from all over the region and beyond to produce rugs with custom designs, using premium wool and dyes made in our factory. Our family took that small business and turned it into a booming enterprise that employed over 1000 weavers producing over 30000 square meters of rugs a year in the following decade.

It has been 20 years since we established our headquarters in Hamburg, Germany to directly address the needs of our European customers; we spent the better part of this time expanding our business globally to include South Asian productions. The bulk of our modern and contemporary rugs including all of our premium custom designs are manufactured in India and Nepal.

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Kashan Rugs

The judicious use of ivory and the lighter shades of the subsidiary motifs against dark blue and red contribute to the color-balance of Kashan rug. One of the key factors of Kashan carpets is the discreet richness of the coloring. The subtlety of color, the well thought out flow of the design, the attention to detail and the careful color balance make Kashan rug a dream come true for any contemporary or modern interior

The older Kashan rugs were made in a limited range of sizes: the most common pieces are over 10 m2 in area. Dozars, made in larger quantities, and mats were almost the only rug sizes woven, although an occasional zaronim or kharak is encountered. Today's production in Kashan falls into several categories

Traditional red-ground carpets: the highest stitch woven at present in woolen carpets is about 33 per gireh (about 260,000/m2)

The same style woven in other towns. There is a big production of “Kashans” in Kashmar, and some of the most reliable pieces are actually made in Yazd

The new Persian-style Kashans, cream-ground pieces in allover designs

Traditional-design rugs in kork - superfine animal hairs and high-grade worsted wool. These pieces are extremely fine and are priced accordingly

In the late 1530s Kashan's fame as a textile center led to the commissioning of the master-weaver Maqsud by Shah Tahmasp to produce one of the greatest Persian carpets of all time, the Ardebil Carpet. After the end of the Safavid dynasty in 1722, weaving in Kashan dropped to a low ebb, as elsewhere in Persia, and it was not until the late nineteenth century that it revived. However, the standards set by the weavers of Kashan between 1900 and 1950, the balance they achieved between all the elements of structure, color and design - that ideal unity of form and content - have established Kashan in many people's minds as the home of the very best in carpet weaving

For our collection we have handpicked some of the highest quality Kashan rugs from this great carpet manufacturing center in Persia

Thickness approx: 1cm-1.5cm
Age: Approx 30
Origin: Kashan
Pile: Wool
Warp: Cotton
Manufacturing: Handknotted
Also known as: Kashan
Knot density: Approx 160000 Knots/sqm

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