Gabbeh Loribaft
201 × 151 cm
1.380 €
Gabbeh Loribaft
1.290 €
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157 × 104(1.63 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Lori-Kashkouli
Where it comes from
This is a hand-knotted Kashkuli rug, also written Keshkuli, woven within the Qashqai confederacy of southern Iran and catalogued here as Lori-Kashkouli, measuring 157 x 104 cm (5'2" x 3'5"). The Kashkuli name belongs to a particular Qashqai clan whose weaving stands apart from other tribal work for its unusually fine knotting, a refinement rarely achieved on a portable loom and rarer still alongside the freedom of tribal design.
What you see
The field opens in a warm brick red, plain enough to let the small figures scattered across it hold the eye. There is no medallion here; instead animals, trees and small geometric forms sit loosely across the field in uneven rows, in slate blue, ochre, cream and dark navy, as though set down one at a time rather than to a plan. A diamond-lattice minor border keeps the pace tight, before a broad, plain aubergine-maroon band closes the rug quietly at its edge.
How it was made
A weaver of this Lori branch worked from memory rather than a drawn cartoon, which is why the figures fall where they do rather than in mirrored rows — the record of a hand, not a template. At 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre the knotting is close for a tribal loom, fine enough to hold the small figures crisply without losing the softness of the hand-spun wool. That same wool, twelve millimetres deep on a natural wool warp, gives the surface its matte, faintly nubby character rather than any sheen.
At home
At just over a metre and a half, this suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed rather than a large room, and its brick red will warm pale boards or hold its own against darker furniture nearby. The dense, soft wool pile takes daily footsteps easily, at home underfoot rather than kept for best. In low morning light the scattered ochre and slate figures catch the eye a little differently each time, never quite the same rug twice.
More on Lori-Kashkouli rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 497010
- Size
- 157 × 104 cm (1.63 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 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. 6 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 157 × 104 cm (1.63 m²) this is a small rug. It works beside a bed, in a reading corner, in front of a fireplace or as a mat by a door. It does not furnish a room; it makes a point in one.
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 1.63 m² that is roughly 330,000 to 410,000 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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Authenticity
Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 497010
