Persian Gabbeh runner rug Blue and Red, Blue, 100% Wool Pile, 284 x 98 cm Hand Knotted Rug

Persian Gabbeh runner rug Blue and Red, Blue, 100% Wool Pile, 284 x 98 cm Hand Knotted Rug

BrandRugs of London
Description
Persian Gabbeh Runner Blue Rug is produced by the largest nomadic tribes in central Iran of Turkic origin that still migrate some 800 km twice a year with their families, flocks, tents and other belonging. Weaving carpets have always been part of their daily life. They have no set or fixed designs drawn on papers and it is known that they are some of the most interesting and artistic people in terms of the variety of designs which they get inspired by their surroundings. The gabbeh is usually crafted by women. They mostly use wool in warp, weft and pile that they sheer themselves and often dye the wool locally which results to various and irregular shades of one colour on the pile of the rug which is called abrash. Gabbeh or gabba carpets are a traditional variety of Persian carpet. Gabbeh is known as gava in Kurdish and Luri and is also called khersak in Bakhtiari, literally meaning a "bear's cub". Traditionally a sleeping rug, a gabbeh is a hand-woven pile rug of coarse quality and medium size characterized by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of color and a playfulness with geometry.
£550.00