Persian Rugs: Guide to Kashmar Rugs
and Carpets
 Kashmar
Persian Carpet
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Kashmar Rugs and Carpets
Kashmar is an old rug town. I believe that it
was a significant rug production area in Safavid
times. For many years very good quality Persian
City style rugs have been made. Additionally it
is a collection point for Baluch tribal rugs.
The formal city style rugs have been made in
Kashmar dating back to the 1500s and possibly
much longer. Kashmar produces some of the best
carpets of Khorasan in north east Iran. One
important point about Kashmar carpets is the
quality of the wool. The rugs tend to be woven on
relatively thin warps and wefts.
There are Baluch in the Kashmar area who
produce some of the very best Baluch rugs.
Kashmar rugs from Khorasan may
look like a Kashan but (should) cost less.
Kashmar rugs from Khorasan may
look like a Yazd but are more flexible with finer
warps and wefts.
Kashmar rugs from Khorasan may
look like a Kerman but are more flexible with
finer warps and wefts.
Please!
What is my rugs? Kashmar?
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 This picture is an important
attribution clue. Take a look at the warps seem
raised above the wefts. There is a fair amount of
new production that is not in typical Kashmar
patterns but if we pay attention to these
distinctive warps we can identify these rugs.
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Kashmar Rug
Structure
Structure: Symmetrical
knot.
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: 1 ply white
cotton.
Weft: 2 shot white
cotton.
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Ends: Post-hitch wharf
binding with 1 inch warp fringe.
Selvages: 1 cord
overcastting red wool.
Handle: Heavy, durable,
soft.
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Zir Kakik Kashmar
Carpet
Kashmar is noted
for its Zir Kakik or Buried Treasure Rugs.
Women in a Saffron field in Kashmar Khorasan Province
To live in the villages and rural areas life is
difficult at times. Weaving rugs and working in the
saffron fields are jobs women can take while maintaining
family life in their villages. Without these jobs they
are forced by circumstance to move to the major cities
where they rapidly become the poorest of the poor.
Interesting to note the child just to the right of
center. As you can see the child has no basket, that is
because child labor has been eliminated in Iran where
children go to school and parents go to work.
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