The Tabatabai House is a

historic house museum A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that is preserved as 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 variety of ...

Kashan Kashan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kashan County), Central District of Kashan County, in the northern part of Isfahan province, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History Earlies ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. It was built around 1880, during the reign of the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...

, 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 (Persian: خانه بروجردی‌ها) 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 Tabātab ...

, and others.

Architecture

The Tabātabāei House was designed by Ustad Ali Maryam, who later designed the nearby

, 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 () is a traditional architectural element used to create cross ventilation and passive cooling in buildings. Windcatchers come in various designs, depending on whether local prevailing winds are unidi ...

s, and gardens. It consists of the ''biruni'' ("exterior", the public area) and ''

andaruni Andaruni () in Iranian architecture, is the inner quarter where the women lived. Private space In traditional Persian residential architecture the ''andaruni'' is a part of the house in which the private quarters are established. This is spec ...

'' ("interior", the private quarters) features of Iran's traditional residential architecture, and is decorated with stone

relief Relief is a sculpture, sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term ''wikt:relief, relief'' is from the Latin verb , to raise (). To create a sculpture in relief is to give ...

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 ...

, and

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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.

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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 {{Iran-struct-stub

Architecture

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