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SKU #: KR21175
Modern & Contemporary
Pictorial
Hand Knotted
Primary color is Coral. Colors in this rug include: Ivory, Gold, Blue, Peach, Blush, Multi .
Wool
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Gabbeh
Iran
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Gabbeh weaving from the nomadic tribes of southern Iran has always operated outside the conventions of formal Persian rug design, and the pictorial tradition within it produces work that looks like a painted narrative rendered in wool. The field here is a composition of sweeping coral and red grounds meeting a blue gray sky in the upper register, with a large abstract ivory form rising through the center and a cast of birds, animals and organic figures distributed across the surface with the kind of loose, storytelling energy that defines the best pictorial Gabbeh work. Gold, teal, black, peach and blush appear throughout, each element drawn with bold outlines and filled with flat vegetable dyed color in a way that gives the whole composition a graphic immediacy. A warm tan border frames the scene, and the plush wool surface on a cotton foundation gives the colors a warmth and presence that the depth of hand-knotted construction makes possible. 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.








