Old Gabbeh | 150 x 105 cm | Nr. Z-3596
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Old Gabbeh
There is only one rug in light red like this one: it combines traditional craftsmanship with timeless elegance. With approx. 90,000 knots per m², the workmanship is correspondingly elaborate, as you can see in the precise drawing and the finely worked details. Its 150 × 105 cm make it a rug for the bedroom or study. It comes into its own just as well in a seating corner. Colouring and texture lend the room a homely atmosphere – with a character no other rug shares.
| Delivery time | 2 days |
| Origin | Persia |
| Dimensions | 150 cm x 105 cm (= 1.57 m²) |
| Construction | hand-knotted |
| Material | Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft & Warp: wool |
| knots | 90.000 |
| Year of manufacture | 1970 |
| Condition | pre-owned and cleaned |
| Edition | one-of-a-kind piece |
Origin
Gabbeh rugs are knotted by nomads living in the province of Fars, near the city of Shiraz. In Persian, Gabbeh is the name for high-pile rugs that were slept on. Classic Gabbeh have inventive, naive geometric patterns and are full of colour. Modern Gabbeh today mostly come in plain and monochrome designs. Even now, though, the rugs also carry stylised patterns from everyday nomadic life, such as goats, camels, dogs, plants or people. Gabbeh rugs usually come in natural cream, brown and grey tones, but you can also find lively yellow, red or blue.
This old Gabbeh is around 56 years old and a real collector's piece.
Material
Gabbehs are knotted by hand from hand-spun wool and dyed with natural colours. The hand-spun wool gives the rugs a grainy yet soft surface. Traditionally, Gabbeh rugs were used for sleeping. They invite you to sit and lounge about in the living room, but they are also excellent in hallways and dining areas.
Hand-spun wool is always a little irregular. When it is dyed, the natural dyestuffs are absorbed to differing degrees. The rug looks more lively as a result, with what are known as colour shifts (abrash), i.e. light-and-dark shadings of colour. These changes in the shade of the pile yarn always run across the length of the old Gabbeh and make the rug less prone to showing dirt.
The foundation (weft and warp threads) of this Old Gabbeh is made of new wool.
Condition
This Old Gabbeh has had admirers before you. It was knotted around 1970. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good condition. The pile has thinned evenly over the years.
A note on the photos
Child labour? No thanks.
The rug trade against child labour: Children belong in school, not at a knotting or weaving loom. For us it therefore goes without saying that we only offer rugs made under fair conditions and without child labour. We place particular importance on good working conditions and tolerate no child labour at our producers.
We are proud to be a member of the Care & Fair campaign against child labour.
The industry-wide campaign CARE & FAIR - the rug trade against child labour was founded in 1994. The initiative has made it its mission to fight the excesses of illegal child labour in the knotting countries and, at the same time, to improve the overall situation of rug knotters and their families in the knotting regions of India, Nepal and Pakistan.
Our goals:
- Ending illegal child labour in India and Pakistan.
- Creating better living conditions for knotters' families.
- Socially responsible production. We only accept goods that have been made under fair conditions. Working with our producers as partners, we want to make clear to them that taking on social responsibility benefits everyone.
Together with Care & Fair we currently support 10 schools, 6 adult education centres and 3 day clinics in India and Pakistan.
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