Hand‑knotted in the historic weaving city of Kashan, this fine Persian rug features the timeless Tree of Life design, which is one of the most cherished motifs in Persian carpet art. Symbolising eternal life, spiritual growth, and the connection between heaven and earth, the tree rises elegantly from a base in the field, its branches flowering outward with stylised blossoms, leaves, and birds.

The field composition is finely detailed, framed by classic Kashan borders of scrolling vines and palmettes. The palette reflects Kashan’s refined tradition: rich red, deep indigo blue, and soft ivory, accented with touches of gold or green.

Woven with high‑quality wool (often with a silk content for added lustre in finer examples) and using the Persian (asymmetrical) knot, this rug displays the crisp definition and smooth pile characteristic of the region’s best work. Its craftsmanship and symbolic design make it equally suited as a decorative floor covering or as a striking wall display.

This rug has been dyed using chrome dyes, which are synthetic dyes that use chromium salts (chromium mordants) to fix the colour to the wool fibres. The process was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and quickly became popular in the rug‑making world because it solved two key problems of earlier synthetic dyes: poor lightfastness and colour bleeding. Chrome‑dyed rugs often have clear, even, uniform colours without the natural “abrash” (subtle colour variation) seen in vegetable‑dyed rugs.

Many 20th‑century Persian, Turkish, and Afghan rugs, especially those made for export, used chrome dyes. In fine handmade rugs, chrome dyes are often mixed with vegetable dyes to achieve a balance of vibrancy and natural variation.

The rug uses the Persian knot, also known as the asymmetrical knot or Senneh knot, which is one of the two main types of knots used in hand-knotted rug weaving The Persian knot is an asymmetrical knot that wraps around one warp thread and under the adjacent one, allowing for finer detail and greater density in the rug design. The yarn is looped around one warp thread (vertical foundation fibre) and then pulled under the next, not enclosing both warps. This asymmetry creates a slightly offset pile knot and the ends of the knot come out between the warps, giving a more compact and flexible surface.