8'6" x 11'6" Persian Kashan Rug | Signed Light Green All-Over Floral | Perfect Condition

Light green is the colour Kashan weavers use least and charge most for, and this signed Persian Kashan rug shows exactly why: a pale sage ground that reads cool and quiet under daylight, carrying an all-over floral drawing with no central medallion to break it up. The wool pile sits on a cotton foundation, the handle is firm and even, and the pile depth is consistent from selvedge to selvedge. A woven cartouche in the end border marks it as a named workshop piece rather than an anonymous commercial weave. At 8'6" x 11'6" it covers the same footprint buyers shop for when they search 9x12 Persian rugs, with a slightly tighter width that suits rooms where a full 9 foot span would crowd the walkway. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity recording origin, materials and measurements.

Design and Motifs

The field is a true all-over composition: navy vine stems curve the full length of the rug in mirrored pairs, and every junction opens into a flower. Large lobed palmettes in navy and gold anchor the vertical axis, and between them sit smaller 8 petal rosettes, split leaves, budding tulips and tiny 5 petal blossoms in coral and ivory. Look closely at the field detail and you will see a second layer of pale ivory leafwork drawn underneath the main vine, a ghost pattern that gives the light green ground texture instead of flatness. That double-layer drawing is a Kashan habit and it is hard to execute without the whole thing turning muddy. The main border runs a repeat of shield-shaped cartouches and gold palmettes on ivory, flanked by narrow navy guard stripes and a fine reciprocal vine that turns each of the 4 corners cleanly. The corner resolution in the photos is neat, with the border pattern meeting rather than being cut off mid-motif, which is the usual tell of a cartoon drawn properly for this exact size.

The Light Green and Ivory Palette

The ground is a soft celadon, closer to sage than mint, with just enough grey in it to sit comfortably beside cool paint colours and pale oak floors. Against it the drawing works in three registers. First the navy: deep, near-black indigo used for the vine skeleton, the palmette outlines and the guard stripes, giving the whole rug its structure. Second the ivory and cream: the border ground, the under-layer leafwork and dozens of small blossoms, all of which lift the green rather than fighting it. Third the warm accents, used sparingly and with real discipline, in saffron gold, terracotta, rust, dusty rose and a clear mid-blue that appears in the flower centres. There is no red field here and no heavy burgundy, so the rug behaves as a light, open piece in a room instead of a dominant one. Handmade wool takes dye unevenly by nature, and the faint tonal movement across the green ground is that natural variation, not fading.

Kashan Weaving and the Signed Cartouche

Kashan sits in central Persia, north of Isfahan, and has been weaving since the Safavid court workshops of the 16th century. The city is known for soft, lustrous local wool and for the classic formula of a red field with a navy lobed medallion, which is the version most people picture: when you watch Shark Tank there is a Persian Kashan on the floor. This piece is the less common variation, an all-over light green ground, and it takes a steadier hand because there is no medallion to hide any drift in the drawing. The back shown against the ruler is tight and legible, with straight rows and clearly defined knot nodes, the mark of a weaver working to a proper workshop cartoon. The signature cartouche woven into the end border is what separates a workshop Kashan from a bazaar piece: the master put his name on it, which in Kashan is only done when the loom output is expected to be judged. Browse more Persian Kashan rugs if you want to compare fields and formats.