10' x 13'2" Persian Kashan Rug | Signed Classic Medallion | Ruby Red Wool Pile

This 10' x 13'2" rug is a textbook example of what the workshops of central Persia do better than anyone: a deep ruby red field, a navy lobed medallion drawn with a jeweler's patience, and a signature woven into the upper border by the weaver who finished it. The pile is 3/8" wool on a cotton foundation, still full and even edge to edge, and the cartouche visible in the close-up photograph marks this out as a workshop piece rather than an anonymous commercial weave. At 120" by 158" it covers a full seating group or a 10 seat dining table without crowding, which is exactly the proportion buyers hunt for among 10x13 Persian rugs. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

The layout follows the classic central medallion formula. A stepped, lobed navy medallion sits dead center, crowned with a small ivory cartouche at each pole and built around an 8 petal rosette set in a pale blue cusped panel. Around it the red ground carries an unbroken all-over floral system: curling serrated leaves, palmettes, tulip sprays and small rosettes on thin vine scrolls, each stem resolving rather than trailing off, which is the mark of a properly drafted cartoon. Ivory spandrels fill the 4 corners with their own dense vine work, and the main navy border runs a rhythm of palmettes linked by arabesque tendrils, flanked by sky blue guard stripes of paired rosettes and a narrow outer meander. The draftsmanship stays curvilinear throughout, with no flattened or angular shortcuts where the field meets the corner brackets.

The Color Palette: Ruby Red, Indigo and Ivory

The field is a true ruby red, warm rather than orange, deep enough that it reads almost oxblood under lamplight and brightens to cherry where daylight catches the pile. Against it the medallion and main border are a dark indigo navy that reads nearly black from across the room and opens up into blue at close range. Ivory does the heavy lifting in the spandrels, the medallion center and the guard stripes, keeping the whole composition from going heavy. Inside the florals sit a full secondary palette: sky blue in the petals and guard bands, rose pink, soft apricot, olive green leaves, mustard gold outlining and small touches of chocolate brown. The green in the signature cartouche is the one unexpected note, and it is a nice one. The wool takes light well, so the field shifts tone as you walk the room.

Kashan: The Weaving Town and the Quality

Kashan sits in central Persia north of Isfahan, and its looms trace a line straight back to the Safavid court workshops. The town's reputation rests on 2 things: soft, lustrous local wool that holds dye beautifully, and the classic formula of red field, navy lobed medallion and ivory spandrels that this rug follows without deviation. Anyone who has watched Shark Tank has seen a Persian Kashan on the floor, which tells you how completely this design became the default idea of a Persian rug in the West. The weave here is tight and regular, the knot nodes on the reverse are small and evenly spaced, and the pile has been sheared low enough to keep the fine vine work legible. If you want the background on the town, the looms and how to judge the weave, read our guide to Persian Kashan rugs before you buy.