Gabbeh Loribaft
331 × 249 cm
6.150 €
Gabbeh Loribaft
1.380 €
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185 × 151(2.79 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Lori-Pars
Where it comes from
A Lori rug from the Zagros mountains of Iran, 185 x 151 cm (6'1" x 4'11"). Lori weavers, working alongside their Gabbeh cousins, are nomadic people who knot from memory rather than from a drawn plan, and their rugs are usually known for bold, simplified figures in confident colour. This one keeps the confidence and drops the figures entirely.
What you see
The field is a warm sandy beige, and across it run irregular vertical streaks of coffee-brown and taupe, with paler cream breaking through between them. There is no medallion, no repeating motif of any kind, just these columns bleeding downward, thinning and fading unevenly as they descend, closer to a wash of ink on paper than to a woven pattern. A narrow border in the same beige as the field frames the piece without really announcing itself. The overall effect is closer to abstract art than to what you would expect a tribal rug to say.
How it was made
That effect comes directly from the way it was made. The wool is hand-spun rather than machine-spun, so its thickness varies slightly along the length of the yarn, and natural dyes taken from mountain plants settle unevenly into that variation, batch by batch. Where a workshop rug would correct for this, a Lori weaver working from memory does not, and the result is the streaked, drip-like colour you see here. At 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre the weave is dense enough to hold a fine, low pile of 11 mm, close enough that the vertical ribbing of the weft still shows faintly through the striped areas, which is part of what gives the pattern its painted quality.
At home
A rug this size suits a bedroom floor or a smaller seating corner rather than a large dining table, and the sandy ground will warm a pale or neutral floor without competing with anything around it. Underfoot the pile is soft but low, easy on bare feet and forgiving of daily use, the kind of rug meant to be walked on rather than kept for best. As the light in the room shifts through the day, the brown streaks seem to darken and lighten with it, so the same plain field never quite reads the same way twice.
More on Lori-Pars rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 184711
- Size
- 185 × 151 cm (2.79 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 11 mm
- Knots
- 201,000 – 250,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Natural Wool
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- New (0-20 Years)
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- Modern/Designer
- Weight
- ca. 10 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 185 × 151 cm (2.79 m²) this is a medium rug. It works in front of a sofa, in front of a bed or in a study. It is too small for a dining table — there you want about 80 cm of clearance so a chair does not tip over the edge when pushed back.
Is this rug hand-knotted?
Yes, knotted by hand — knot by knot on a loom, not machine-made. The density is 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre; across 2.79 m² that is roughly 560,000 to 700,000 individual knots, every one of them tied by hand.
How do I care for this rug?
Hand-spun wool still carries its own lanolin, which keeps liquid sitting on the surface for a moment: blot quickly, with clear water and a light cloth, working inwards and without rubbing. Otherwise regular vacuuming along the pile is enough. Turn the rug once or twice a year so light and footfall reach it evenly.
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Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 184711
