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Kashan Mohtashem
At the end of the 19th century the local hand-weaving industry of textiles of
Kashan has collapsed due to very cheap imports of textiles. The excessive
imported Australian Merino wool has then been used for the first time for
rug weaving. The results were stunning: velvet-like soft pile, a successful
workmanship of finest and complex designs and new elegant color combinations.
As a result of the great success of these rugs, new manufactories have been
built as e.g. Mohtashem. Mohtashem- and Dabir-Sanayeh-Kashans are
particularly desired today and achieve collectors' prices if preserved in the
right condition. Kashan rugs are almost entirely woven by women - in homework
as well as in studion and manufactories. The Persian knot is used as opposed to
the more common Turkish knot. Due to their unusually high quality, Kashan rugs
are very durable and as a result there are a relatively high number of
antique Kashan rugs in very good condition.
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