Kashan rug

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Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country	Iran
Reference	383
Region	Asia and Australasia
Inscription history
Inscription	2010

A Kashan rug (Persian: قالی کاشان‎‎) is a type of Persian rug from the area of Kashan. Kashan is a city in Isfahan Province in North Central Iran. There was production of Persian carpet at Royal workshops in the 17th and early 18th century. The Persian carpet workshops ceased production in about 1722 after the Afghan invasion.

Persian carpet production was very minor until the 20th century. Historically, Kashan was a major center in the garment trade. In the late 19th century, the market shifted and the local industry went from fine wool cloth to fine wool carpets. High quality wool was sourced from Sabzevar.

Today, some of the best Kashans are from Ardistan and excellent ones are also produced in Yazd and Kashmar in Khorasan.

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v t e Rugs and carpets
Rugs	Abadeh Afghan Ahar Alcaraz Arak Ardabil Azerbaijani Bakhtiari Bakshaish Balouch Bessarabian Bidjar Borujerd Braided Caucasian Dhurrie Flokati Heriz Isfahan Jozan Karadagh Kashan Kashmir Kerman Kilim Zanjan Shahsevan rug Kuba Kurdish Lilihan Mashhad Nain Navajo Oriental Pakistani Petate Qom Rya Sarouk Scandinavia Seraband Seychour Shiraz Sweden Tabriz Tibetan Turkmen Uzbek Julkhyr Uzbek Napramach Varamin Yürük
Carpets	Armenian Bakshaish Bellini Berber Bergama Bessarabian Bradford Caucasian Chiprovtsi Crivelli Fitted Gabbeh Hereke Karabakh Konya Kuba Holbein Lilihan Lotto Memling Milas Persian Pirot Sarouk Turkish Ushak Yomut
People	James F. Ballard Sir Francis Crossley Kurt Erdmann Arthur T. Gregorian Arshag Karagheusian Latif Karimov Julius Lessing William Morris George H. Myers Arthur Upham Pope Alois Riegl Friedrich Sarre Wilhelm von Bode Thomas Whitty Charles T. Yerkes
Places	Axminster Azerbaijan Carpet Museum Carpet Museum of Iran Dar al-Athar al-Islamyya, Kuwait Brukenthal National Museum Louvre Mevlana Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Miho Museum Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Museo Poldi Pezzoli Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs, Lyon Pergamon Museum Saint Louis Art Museum Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Turkmen Carpet Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Wilton
Cleaning	Carpet cleaning Dry carpet cleaning Floorcloth
Fabrics	Frieze Shag
Manufacture and installation	Ghiordes knot Knot density Rubia Rug hooking Rug making Tack strip Underlay
Dyes	Natural dye Synthetic dye Madder (Rubia tinctorum) Indigofera tinctoria Carmine Cochineal Armenian cochineal Polish cochineal Coccus cacti
Manufacturers	A & M Karagheusian Axminster Carpets Brintons Carpet One Cormar Carpets Dilmaghani Savonnerie manufactory DOBAG Carpet Initiative
Carpets in culture	Eagle rug Early Anatolian Animal carpets Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting Pictorial carpet Prayer rug Red carpet Transylvanian rugs War rugs
Notable individual carpets	Ardabil Carpet Badding Rug Baharestan Carpet Coronation Carpet

v t e UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Iran
Inscribed in 2009	The Radif of Iranian music Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz
Inscribed in 2010	Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars The ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals The music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan
Inscribed in 2011	Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling