All about Kashan handmade carpets

Kashan is geographically one of the central cities of Iran, which is located in the south of Namak desert and Qom lake and its distance to Tehran is about 250 km. According to the discovered artifacts found in the ancient Silk Hill of Kashan, the reason for naming this city is the settlement of Kasuya Kasho tribes, which caused the name of this city to become Kasian and Kashian first and finally Kashan.

Also, according to historical findings, Kashan city has been producing precious fabrics in ancient times, so that today’s Kashan can be considered as the heir of all kinds of velvet and satin embroidery fabrics and taffeta that have been known as Hormozi fabrics for many years. It has caused it all over the world. It is noteworthy that many famous people in history, such as Marco Polo, Knight Chardin and Antoine Shirley, all praised Kashan’s art in the field of textiles, rugs and carpets.

Another brilliant record of Kashan in the field of carpet production is the existence of exquisite carpets of the Safavid period, which are now kept in museums and large collections. It should be noted that silk and silk carpets, also known as Shah Abbasi carpets, are attributed to Kashan.

Although Kashan, like other parts of Iran, has experienced a decline in carpet weaving due to incidents such as the invasion of Mongol and Afghan tribes and invaders, nevertheless, it can be said that Kashan, with its carpet and rug products, has played a significant role in renewal. He has played the artistic life of Iran. In general, Kashan carpet weaving can be divided into several completely separate categories in terms of map and technical details of weaving, which include Kashan, Natanz and Joshqan products.

Among the elders and professors in the field of Kashan carpet weaving, we can mention Mirza Nasrollah and Afsari, Karimpour, Esfahanian and Taghdisi professors. They have taken the value into their own hands.

In addition to its unique handmade carpets, Kashan is also known for the production of machine-made carpets. The fundamental changes and progress of industrial production of carpets in this city actually started in 1986, and this has caused more than 600 large and small carpet production units in Kashan is open and everyone is competing with other regions. Just like other carpet weaving areas in Iran, Kashan machine-made carpets have a more reasonable and cheaper price than handmade carpets due to various reasons such as the high speed of weaving and the raw materials used in their production.

Features of Kashan carpet
As we said above, the very fine and delicate texture is one of the characteristics of Kashan carpet, which is the reason why the roles used in these carpets are prominent and have a more visible appearance.
The presence of lacquer background with a crimson border is one of the general features of Kashan carpet.
Kashan carpet count is mostly low and between 30 and 45 Raj.
One of the features of Kashan carpets has been their size for a long time, although today Kashan carpets are woven in different sizes, but their fame is as great as their rugs.
White Islamic rugs around elastic and bergamot and fringes are also other features of Kashan carpets.