Gabbeh are tribal rugs crafted by the nomadic Kurdish, Luri and Qashqai people of the Zagros Mountains in Iran. The word Gabbeh translates from Farsi meaning raw, uncut, or natural. These rugs reflect a pastoral lifestyle, produced using wool from their sheep herd and dyes from native plants. The vegetal dyes are extracted from the indigenous plants and roots of the region, prepared using traditional recipes developed over generations. Gabbeh are usually woven on horizontal looms, which can be easily assembled and disassembled quickly — a necessity for these nomadic people of Iran.Persian Gabbeh Rugs – Persian rugs made with extra high pile and very simple, graphic designs focused on the use of color, which can be vibrant or soft and earthy. As pieces made for domestic use rather than commercial value in the marketplace, Gabbeh rugs have a cultural authenticity that renders them highly desirable to collectors. Nevertheless, with their lustrous soft wool and emphasis on color over design detail, they are extremely usable today as decorative rugs, especially in informal modern settings. Gabbeh designs are characterized by broad fields of color with playful geometric forms and animal or human figures.

6.3 x 6.6 ft