The Tabatabai House is a
historic house museum
A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that has been transformed into a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a ...
in
Kashan
Kashan ( fa, ; Qashan; Cassan; also romanized as Kāshān) is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 families.
Some etymologists argue that the city name comes from ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. It was built around 1880,
during the reign of the
Qajar dynasty
The Qajar dynasty (; fa, دودمان قاجار ', az, Qacarlar ) was an IranianAbbas Amanat, ''The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896'', I. B. Tauris, pp 2–3 royal dynasty of Turkic peoples ...
,
for the affluent Tabātabāei family.
It is one of the prominent historic houses of Kashan and Iran, together with the
Āmeri House
The Āmeris House ( Persian: خانه عامریها) is a large historic house in Kashan, Iran. It was originally built as a family residence during the reign of the Zand dynasty for Agha Āmeri, the governor of Kashan, and is now restored and ...
, the
Borujerdi House
The Borujerdi House is a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had bui ...
, and others.
Architecture
The Tabātabāei House was designed by
Ustad Ali Maryam
Ustad Ali Maryam ( fa, استاد علی مریم) was a famous mimar of 19th century Persia.
He is famous for designing three edifices in particular, all in Kashan:
* The Borujerdi-ha House (1857)
* The Tabatabaei House (1840s) ,
who later designed the nearby
Borujerdi House
The Borujerdi House is a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had bui ...
,
and it has been restored.
It covers nearly 5,000 square meters and includes 40 rooms, four courtyards, four basements, three
windcatcher
A windcatcher, wind tower, or wind scoop ( ar, برجيل ; fa, بادگیر) is a traditional architectural element used to create cross ventilation and passive cooling in buildings. Windcatchers come in various designs: unidirectional, bid ...
s, and gardens. It consists of the ''biruni'' ("exterior", the public area) and ''
andaruni
Andaruni ( fa, اندرونی) in Iranian architecture, is the inner quarter where the women lived. It has been described as ''harem'' in Arabic.
Private space
In traditional Persian residential architecture the ''andaruni'' is a part of the ho ...
'' ("interior", the private quarters) features of
Iran's traditional residential architecture,
and is decorated with stone
relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...
s,
stucco
Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...
, and
stained glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
.
Gallery
Tabatabai House.jpg, A view of interior room of the Tabātabāei House.
Courtyard of the Tabātabāei House, Kashan.jpg, A view of the courtyard of the Tabātabāei House.
خانه طباطبایی ها کاشان ایران-The Tabatabaei House kashan iran 03.jpg, A balcony in the Tabātabāei House.
Khaneh Tabatabaei-ha or "The Tabatabaeis' House" (6223533257).jpg, A balcony in the Tabātabāei House.
Casa histórica de Tabatabaeis, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 71.jpg, Inside a balcony in the Tabātabāei House.
The Tabātabāei House - kashan - IRAN خانه طباطبایی های کاشان- ایران 07.jpg, A room inside the Tabātabāei House.
The Tabātabāei House - kashan - IRAN خانه طباطبایی های کاشان- ایران 10.jpg, A room inside the Tabātabāei House.
Khaneh Tabatabaei-ha or "The Tabatabaeis' House" (6224048984).jpg, Iranian stained glass designs inside the Tabātabāei House.
Tabātabāei House خانه طباطبایی های کاشان 03.jpg, Iranian stained glass designs inside the Tabātabāei House.
See also
*
Iranian architecture
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (Persian: معمارى ایرانی, ''Memāri e Irāni'') is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC w ...
References
External links
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Houses completed in the 19th century
Historic house museums in Iran
Buildings and structures in Kashan
Tourist attractions in Kashan
Persian gardens in Iran
Architecture in Iran