A very finely woven Rizbaft Qashqai gabbeh runner. For the main field, undyed wool has been used, and for the border, a series of squares representing the traditional Persian garden.
Material: 100% hand-spun sheep wool
Size: 316×95 cms
Origin: Qashqai tribe, Iran
Date of weaving: New
Traditionally a sleeping rug, a gabbeh is a hand-woven pile rug of coarse quality characterized by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of color and a playfulness with geometry. This type of rug is popular among the populations of the Zagros Mountains of Iran, including Kurdish, Luri and Qashqai people.The gabbeh is usually woven by women.
Gabbeh carpets are much thicker and coarser than other Persian carpets; sometimes they can be as much as one inch or 2.5 cm in depth. In fact, they are more a variety of kilim than carpet. The word “gabbeh” comes from the Persian گبه, meaning raw, natural, uncut. This is a rough and primitive carpet.
Gabbeh patterns are of a very basic kind with only a limited number of decorative, mostly rectangular objects, animals and vegetable motives. In a gabbeh usually bright colors, such as yellow and red, are used. Often undyed natural wool is used (brown, beige, black, white etc.). Although large fields of solid color are used in gabbeh designs, the color is variegated (the color varies throughout the rug, with the appearance of differently colored zones).
Garden design Persian rugs highlight a special aspect of Persian culture.
To Persians, gardens are more than just a beautiful looking space. They represent Paradise – a place ensconced in splendor, beauty and happiness.
Weavers showcased all of these facets in their creations as a way to express their hopes and belief in this wondrous place.
The Garden design essentially features an elaborate field filled with an exotic variety of flowers, trees and assorted vegetation.
There are several variations of this basic design. The most common design consists of multiple panels in the field with an assortment of flowers, leaves, trees, and birds woven within each panel.
In some garden design rugs, each panel has a unique design, while in others the same design is repeated in every panel.
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| Weight | 15 kg |
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