9'8" x 12'7" Persian Kashan Rug | Ivory Floral Field | Olive Medallion | Excellent Condition

This is a full room-size Persian Kashan rug, hand-knotted in central Persia on a cotton foundation with a 3/8" wool pile that still stands tall and even across all 151 inches of length. The ivory ground carries a softly shaded olive and taupe medallion, matching pendants, and 4 corner spandrels, drawn in the classic Kashan formula but in a lighter, more livable palette than the usual red. At 9'8" x 12'7" it sits squarely in the most requested of all 10x13 Persian rugs, large enough to hold a sofa group or a 10 chair dining table entirely on the pile. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity listing origin, materials, size and knot construction.

Design and Motifs

The center holds a lobed, pointed medallion with a small ivory 8 petal rosette at its core, ringed by lavender-grey and brown palmettes and finished top and bottom with slender pendant finials. Around it the ivory field is not left open: it is filled edge to edge with an all-over system of curling vines, serrated acanthus leaves, Shah Abbasi palmettes and small blossoms, each one outlined in dark blue so the drawing stays crisp against the pale ground. The 4 corner spandrels repeat the medallion's shading and close the composition. The border scheme runs to 7 bands in total, with a wide main border of linked palmettes and curling leafwork on a pale taupe ground, flanked by narrow reciprocal stripes and twin rose-pink floral guard bands that frame the whole rug. The drawing is symmetrical on both axes, with the kind of controlled curvilinear line that separates workshop Kashan weaving from village work.

Ivory, Blue and Olive: Reading the Color

The field is a warm cream ivory, closer to unbleached wool than to white, and it is the reason this rug lightens a room instead of weighing it down. Over that ground the vinework is drawn in two blues: a deep navy for outlines and leaf tips, and a soft powder blue that catches the light in the blossoms. Olive green runs through the leaves and through the medallion ground, where it blends into a mushroom taupe with lavender-grey highlights. The red is deliberately restrained, used as a touch rather than a theme: small coral and brick accents in the rosette centers, and a rose-pink repeating motif in the guard stripes that carries around all 4 sides. Brown and soft gold fill in between. Seen on a light wood floor the overall read is ivory and blue with a green cast, a palette that works with warm neutrals, walnut furniture and cooler grey walls alike.

Kashan: The Town and the Weave

Kashan sits in central Persia, north of Isfahan, and its weaving goes back to the Safavid court workshops. The town's reputation rests on two things: soft, lustrous local wool that takes dye beautifully and holds a sheen for decades, and a disciplined curvilinear drawing style built around a lobed medallion, spandrels and a densely filled floral field. Kashan is also the most recognizable Persian rug in American homes, which is why when you watch Shark Tank there is a Persian Kashan on the floor. This example is tightly knotted, as the ruler photograph against the border shows, with a short even pile, straight selvedges and original ivory fringe at both ends. The handle is firm and the back is clean and regular, which is what you want in a rug this size: it will lie flat, take furniture weight without crushing, and wear slowly.