Tabatabai’s House

How meaningful are these designs and complexes, they are full of ambiguity and gesture in this desert city. Everything speaks in the language of line and design. How mysterious are these arches and bows which soar people like an archly string for a moment to a better and more spiritual place. The old houses are the nests for the traditions, dreams, customs, myths and fates which take us away to the mythical houses. The rich mirror of the history, art, love and devotion are all mixed together.

Tabatabai house, the bride of houses in Iran, with an area of 4730 square meters, with a 190-year-old history dating back to 1250 AH was belonged to Haj Seyyed Ja’far Tabatabai Natanzai, was a famous carpet merchant. It is narrated that the architecture and painting of this building was carried out by Professor Ali Maryam Kashani and Senni-o-Molk, Kamal al-Mulk’s uncle. The house consists of three sections: inner, outer and attendants; it has 40 rooms, 4 courtyards, 4 basements, 3 wind catchers and 2 streams of aqueducts. One of the most prominent features of this house is the masterpiece of plastering, veiling, symmetry, introversion and garden pit architecture.