7'9" x 10'7" Persian Kashan Rug | Sage Green Floral Medallion | 1980s Wool Pile

Most Kashans come off the loom on a deep madder red ground. This one does not. Woven in the 1980s, this 7'9" x 10'7" rug carries the full classical Kashan drawing, medallion, pendants and scrolling vine border, over a quiet sage green field, and the result is a formal Persian rug that behaves like a neutral in the room. The pile is wool on a cotton foundation, the handle is supple, and the pile stands full and even end to end with no thin areas. At just under 8 feet by 11 feet it is the practical middle ground between a 9x12 and a smaller room rug, so it suits buyers shopping 8x11 Persian rugs who want scale without dominating the floor. A signed certificate of authenticity ships with the rug.

Design and Motifs

The centre holds a broad, horizontally drawn medallion built from an 8 petal rosette at the core, ringed by curling leaves, tulip heads and small star flowers in blue and cream, with navy outlines that keep every element crisp against the pale ground. Above and below the medallion, matched pendant sprays reach out toward the ends of the field, and the surrounding open ground is filled with detached floral bouquets, feathered leaves and bending vines rather than a solid all-over lattice, which is what gives the rug its light, airy read. The 4 corners carry quarter spandrels drawn in the same vocabulary. The main border is wide and confident: a rust coloured vine turns in continuous S curves around alternating palmettes, rosettes and gold star flowers, framed by narrow guard stripes of small blossoms on a vine. Every curve is drawn, not approximated, which is the test a Kashan cartoon has to pass.

A Sage Green Field with Light Blue, Rust and Cream

The field is a soft sage, closer to celadon and dried pistachio than to a saturated forest tone, and it is that restraint that makes the piece work in a modern interior. The border sits a half step cooler, a greyed blue green that separates the frame from the field without a hard line. Against those two greens the weaver stacked a full range of blues: pale powder blue in the feathery leaves, mid sky blue in the small blossoms, and deep navy in the outlines and stems that give the drawing its definition. Rust and burnt orange supply the warmth, carried through the border vine and the petal tips, while cream and ivory pick out the flower centres and a scatter of gold and mustard accents lifts the whole palette. Beige tones in the outer field keep the transitions soft. Among green Persian rugs, this is one of the calmer and more usable colourways.

Kashan: Central Persia and the Court Workshop Tradition

Kashan sits in central Persia, north of Isfahan, and its looms trace back to the Safavid court workshops that produced some of the most famous rugs ever woven. The town's reputation rests on two things: local wool that is soft and unusually lustrous, and a curvilinear drawing style tight enough to render a flowing vine without breaking it into steps. A close look at the back of this piece shows small, regular knots and a clean, legible pattern on the reverse, which is the mark of a proper town weave rather than village work. If you want the longer history, our Persian Kashan rugs guide covers the design formulas and how to read quality. One footnote buyers enjoy: when you watch Shark Tank there is a Persian Kashan on the floor.