Rendered in a palette that sets it apart from the usual Kashan repertoire, this hand-knotted Indo Kashan rug makes an immediate impression through the freshness and clarity of its color. The rug features a soft turquoise green field alive with an open, airy floral composition, where slender ivory vines branch continuously into rose, periwinkle blue, and navy blossoms of varying scale, their stems and leaves rendered in sage and olive against the cool green ground in a way that gives the whole design a lightness rarely seen in traditional Kashan work. Rather than anchoring the field with a central medallion, the design spreads its floral energy evenly across the entire surface, each motif growing naturally from the vine system in a seamless, uninterrupted flow that draws the eye across the full length and width of the rug. The wide ivory border carries its own dense floral scroll in rose, blue, and navy, framed by a soft coral pink guard that transitions warmly between the border and the turquoise field. The plush wool pile holds the turquoise and ivory with a freshness and clarity that makes the color contrast between field and border especially vivid and well-defined.
- Exact Size: 4'1"x6'3"
- Weave: Hand Knotted Rug
- Yarn: Wool
- Color: Turquoise, Ivory, Rose, Black, Green, Blue, Multi
- Origin: India
- Pile Height: 0.75 inch
- Condition: New
- Condition Description: New With Tags
- Rug#: ORH20426
Story Behind the Art: Indo Kashan rugs (made in India) are a specific rug style that favors the weaving and design techniques of the authentic Kashan rugs from Iran. The rugs retain the essence of the Persian rugs and produce identical themes and patterns consisting of beautifully designed medallions, niches, trees and figural motifs and all-over floral motifs. It was during the Mughal rule in India that the rug industry reached its zenith and came on its own as an art form. Tight weaving, silk like wool, bright, deep color range and realistic motifs became the defining feature of Indian rugs. It is this combination of exquisitely detailed and painstaking craftsmanship and masterful interplay of design elements that has earned Indian rugs age-defying allure and patronship defying borders and time.