10'9" x 15'3" Persian Kashan Rug | Ivory All Over Floral Field | Olive Green Border

This is a large, formal, quietly confident piece: a 10'9" x 15'3" Persian Kashan hand-knotted in wool on a cotton foundation, with an ivory field that runs unbroken from end to end and a deep olive green border holding it all together. There is no central medallion here, which is the harder version of the Kashan formula to draw well, because nothing hides a weak repeat. The pile is a full 3/8", the wool has the soft sheen Kashan is known for, and the rug arrives in perfect condition with no wear, no repairs and no restoration. At this footprint it belongs in the same conversation as other oversize Persian rugs that anchor a great room or a long formal dining space. Every rug we ship leaves with a certificate of authenticity documenting origin, materials and construction.

Design and Motifs

The field is a classical all over floral lattice built from thin curling vines that split, loop back and reconnect, carrying palmettes, rosettes and serrated leaves at every junction. Look at the close detail photo and the structure reveals itself: a repeating diamond framework of vinework, with a large lobed palmette at each crossing point and smaller 5 petal and 8 petal blossoms filling the gaps between. The drawing is symmetrical along the long axis, so the pattern mirrors itself cleanly across the center line, and the 4 corners resolve the repeat properly rather than cutting it off. The main border carries a bold undulating vine of lotus palmettes and cloud-band leaves, flanked on both sides by narrow reciprocal guard stripes of small ivory flowerheads. Fine navy outlining separates every motif from its ground, which is what keeps a busy all over pattern legible instead of muddy.

The Ivory and Olive Green Palette

The ground is a warm, creamy ivory with a faint straw cast under daylight, closer to unbleached wool than to stark white, and it is the reason this rug lightens a room instead of weighing it down. Against it the palette is unusually cool for a Kashan: slate and navy blue in the outlines, soft sky blue and dove grey in the rosette petals, muted sage and olive in the leaves, with small punctuation marks of rose, brick rust and terracotta inside the flower centers. The main border is a dusty olive green, an uncommon choice that sits between moss and khaki and gives the ivory field a warm frame rather than a hard one, while the navy guard bands and ivory minor borders step the eye in gradually. Because the accents are small and scattered, the overall read from standing height is ivory and green, with the blues and reds only emerging as you get close.

Kashan: Weaving City of Central Persia

Kashan sits in central Persia north of Isfahan and carries the Safavid court workshop tradition, which is why its rugs are drawn with the balance and discipline of formal cartoon work rather than village improvisation. The local wool is soft and lustrous, and Kashan weavers put it on a tight cotton foundation with a short even pile, so the pattern stays crisp for generations. Kashan is also the rug most Americans have already seen without knowing it: when you watch Shark Tank there is a Persian Kashan on the floor. The back of this piece, visible in the final photograph, shows fine even knotting, straight rows and full clarity of the design through to the foundation, the signs of a workshop weave rather than a quick commercial one. Woven at 10'9" x 15'3", it took a wide loom and a long stretch of disciplined work to keep an all over repeat this consistent across more than 15 feet.