Appraisal: Persian Kashan Rugs, ca. 1930 Clip: Season 29 Episode 25 | 1m 18s Video has Closed Captions | CC In Junk in the Trunk 14, Mark M. Topalian appraises Persian Kashan rugs, ca. 1930.

A Kashan Persian rug in a room designed by Skip Sroka. (Geoffrey Hodgdon) By Elisabeth Leamy. It feels peculiar, even in Washington, to connect foreign policy to home decor, ...

Kashan, Iran — The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over. ... the U.S. again banned Iranian-made Persian rugs.

From contemporary art to fashion and even music, the symbolism of the famous Persian rug pervades in many of aspects of modern life beyond interior decoration, says Joobin Bekhrad. Poetry, wine ...

Appraisal: Silk Kashan Rug, ca. 1920. Clip: Season 16 Episode 7 | 3m 21s. Appraisal: Silk Kashan Rug, ca. 1920, from Pittsburgh Hour 1. Aired 02/12/2012 | Rating TV-G ...

“This Persian rug has become the cornerstone of whatever home I’m building.” Creating object permanence, after seven apartments in 10 years, has influenced the founder’s sense of decor.

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Kashan is a city full of original Iranian architectural patterns. The two-story alley in the historical and cultural context of Kashan is an example of original Iranian ...

TEHRAN – The ancient city of Kashan is hosting an architecture congress dedicated to the evolution and essence of contemporary Persian architecture and art over the past five decades. The three-day ...

Kashan and Qum (or Ghom) rugs are very high quality, sometimes with silk, with a knot count per sq metre of up to 1m, a density made possible by a twist called a senneh knot.

But the story of Oriental rugs goes back so much further — try 3000 B.C., when Nomadic tribes in Mongolia and Turkey used hair from their camels and sheep to weave carpets to keep their earthen ...