A Kashan Mohtasham carpet, Persia. C. 640.000 kn. pr. sqm. Early 20th century. 425×330 cm.
A Kashan Mohtasham carpet, Persia. All over slightly stylised design of palmettes, rosettes, arabesques, flowers and foliage on a red field. Knotted with kork wool. Edges with characteristic pink silk overcastings. C. 640.000 kn. pr. sqm. Early 20th century. 425×330 cm.
The famous Kashani “Mohtasham” workshop was founded by the master weaver Haji Mollah Mohammad Hassan Mohtasham in c. 1845 and continued by his two sons after he retired in the mid-1880s. The weavings of the Mohtasham workshop is associated with carpets of the highest quality within Persian workshop pieces. For more information on Mohtasham carpets, see: Siawosch Azadi’s article ‘The Mark of Mohtasham’. HALI, Issue 160, 2009, pp. 66–73.
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A Kashan Mohtasham carpet, Persia. All over slightly stylised design of palmettes, rosettes, arabesques, flowers and foliage on a red field. Knotted with kork wool. Edges with characteristic pink silk overcastings. C. 640.000 kn. pr. sqm. Early 20th century. 425×330 cm.
The famous Kashani “Mohtasham” workshop was founded by the master weaver Haji Mollah Mohammad Hassan Mohtasham in c. 1845 and continued by his two sons after he retired in the mid-1880s. The weavings of the Mohtasham workshop is associated with carpets of the highest quality within Persian workshop pieces. For more information on Mohtasham carpets, see: Siawosch Azadi’s article ‘The Mark of Mohtasham’. HALI, Issue 160, 2009, pp. 66–73.
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Condition report on request. Please contact: carpets@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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