Old Gabbeh | 180 x 108 cm | Nr. Z-4652

Old Gabbeh, light brown

Origin	Persia
Dimensions	180 cm x 108 cm (= 1.944 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft & Warp: goat wool
knots per m²2	60.000
Pile height	8mm
Year of manufacture	1940
Colour	Light brown, dark brown
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Gabbeh rugs are knotted by nomads who live 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 imaginative, naive geometric patterns and are very colourful. Modern Gabbeh today mostly come in plain and monochrome designs. Even so, you can still find stylised motifs from the everyday life of the nomads in the rugs, 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 80 years old and a real collector's piece.

Pattern

The background of this Gabbeh is light brown. The border is worked in black and white, dark brown and beige.

Condition

This Gabbeh has a story to tell. The pile is quite worn in places.There are a few smaller stains.The edges are damaged in parts. It was hand-knotted around 1940. We have cleaned it thoroughly and lovingly restored it. That is why – despite its age – it is in very good condition.

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. During dyeing, the natural pigments are taken up to differing degrees. The rug looks more alive; so-called colour shifts, abrash, appear, that is, light-and-dark shadings. These changes in the shade of the pile yarn always run across the length of the Gabbeh and make the rug forgiving of dirt. The foundation (weft and warp threads) of this Gabbeh is made from goat wool.