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SKU #: KR21176
Modern & Contemporary
Pictorial
Hand Knotted
Primary color is Blue. Colors in this rug include: Blush, Lime, Aqua, Maroon, Multi .
Wool
1
Gabbeh
Iran
New
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The Gabbeh format, with its open fields and freedom from formal pattern conventions, has become one of the most compelling vehicles for contemporary pictorial rug design, and this hand-knotted example uses that openness to produce something genuinely original. The field is divided between a warm coral ground and a soft blue gray, with a large flowering plant rising from a stylized face form at the base, its branches carrying gold and olive leaves and deep red bell shaped blooms through the center of the composition. Small whimsical figures, animals and abstract forms populate the upper register with a narrative looseness that gives the whole surface an illustrative quality. The palette of coral, blue, ivory, gold, red and peach is carried in vegetable dyed wool with a warmth and tonal variation that the plush pile construction brings fully to the surface, each color reading with clarity against the divided ground. A wide ivory border frames the composition, and ivory fringe finishes both ends. As a handmade Gabbeh area rug, it brings artistic personality, soft wool texture, and durable construction to a living room, bedroom, reading corner, or creative home décor setting.
Story Behind the Art: Gabbeh rugs were first woven by women from tribal communities in southwestern Persia, and the word Gabbeh literally means unclipped, referring to the rug’s shaggy, woolly pile. Their rustic simplicity, free-spirited drawing, and almost instinctive sense of design give these handmade rugs a fresh, unpretentious charm that remains highly desirable, especially in modern décor. Early Gabbeh designs were intentionally simple, using a limited vocabulary of decorative forms, often geometric interpretations of animals, human figures, children, trees, and abstract symbols. They were usually coarsely knotted in bright wool colors, with tree motifs appearing again and again in nomadic weaving. No single form is standardized, and both asymmetric and symmetric knots may appear within one rug. With thick natural texture, durable wool construction, and expressive individuality, Gabbeh rugs have remained popular through the ages. In the modern era, Pakistan and India have also become important producers of this nomadic-inspired flooring tradition.










