Small Silk Kashan (?) Rug

Kashan? Not likely but where is this rug from? This rug is from a group generally called the Small Silk Kashan rugs.

Small Silk Kashan (?)

Kashan? Not likely but where is this rug from? This rug is part of a small group of about 16 silk rugs of similar age, style, and construction.

I have come to the conclusion that on the basis of comparission with the art of Persia and by comparision with other known rugs than these rugs are sixteenth century and certainly predate the the reign of Shah Abbas I (1587 - 1629).

Of course the obvious question is why not Kashan. I suggest that tis is a pr

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