Persian Gabbeh Rugs

Tulus are turkish equivalent to gabbehs usually woven with long mohair pile.

Persian gabbeh rugs. Gabbeh rugs are available in two varieties persian and indian and are very popular for use in the home. Their design is a great example of how simplicity is beautiful. We have a huge collection of gabbeh and other handmade persian rugs for sale. These designs are usually kept very basic with geometric motifs or symbolic shapes.

گبه carpets are a traditional variety of persian carpet gabbeh is known as gava in kurdish and luri and is also called khersak خرسک 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 90 x 150 cm 3 by 5 ft or larger characterized by an abstract design that. Fifty years ago most rug enthusiasts had not even heard of them. The berber tribes in the atlas mountains of morocco also produce a type of rug that is similar in structure and spirit to the gabbeh. Gabbeh or gabba persian.

These thick beautiful persian rugs are hand knotted using fine wool by nomads in iran and often have minimalistic patterns. It combines thick heavy pile with bold colors and shapes in unusual and exciting combinations. Hand crafted by nomadic tribes using old world techniques to create area rugs that will last forever. Some gabbeh rugs are known to have large open fields and most of them have just a few color combinations.

This rug s distinct style of weaving is especially suitable for modern or contemporary settings. Gabbeh carpets are woven on makeshift ground looms constructed both of materials that are kept and hauled for long distances by the nomadic tribal and also of materials that are found at each site where the tribe sets up camp. The word gabbeh literally translates to in the rough and it is an accurate description of this style of persian rug. The advent of persian gabbeh rugs gah bay from iran into the western market is relatively new even though the earliest of these rugs were being woven in persia as early as the 1500s.

We specialize in the importation of persian rugs from around the world. Indian gabbeh rugs come in many different color variants often with less pattern generally and make good utility. Gabbeh rugs are one of the warmest and most creative types of oriental rugs. The gabbeh is a very unique hand woven tribal persian rug made by nomadic people in southern iran.

Persian gabbeh rugs gallery.