Gabbeh Loribaft
331 × 249 cm
6.150 €
Gabbeh Loribaft
3.450 €
Incl. VAT
281 × 201(5.65 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 southern Iran, 281 x 201 cm (9'3" x 6'7"). Lori and Gabbeh weavings come from a nomadic tradition normally known for bold colour and confident, simplified motifs, knotted from memory rather than from a plan. This piece belongs to that same hand, but it takes the tradition somewhere quieter: there is no medallion, no border, no motif at all, only tone and stripe.
What you see
The field runs in warm camel, broken by darker walnut-brown bands and the occasional pale ivory-beige streak. The stripes sit vertically and irregularly, widening and narrowing as they cross the rug, with no repeat and no symmetry to fix the eye. The outer edges carry on the same striping rather than closing into a border, so the whole surface reads as one continuous, unornamented field. Up close, faint longitudinal striae run along the pile, the record of yarn spun by hand rather than machine.
How it was made
The wool here is hand-spun on both warp and pile, and hand-spun yarn is never perfectly even in thickness or dye uptake, which is exactly why the colour bands shift width and depth as they cross the field, an effect close to abrash but built into the yarn itself rather than a change of dye lot. At roughly 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre, the weave is close enough to hold a clean, even surface without flattening the texture of the wool, and an 11 millimetre pile keeps the striae visible rather than shearing them away. Nothing here was drawn out in advance; the striping is simply what the yarn and the loom gave the weaver to work with.
At home
A rug this calm suits a room that already has plenty going on, a study with a dark desk, or a living room with pale oak floors that the camel tones will warm without competing with anything else in the room. Underfoot it is dense enough for daily use, soft enough to sit on, and forgiving of the traffic a working room brings. Move a lamp across it through the day and the stripes shift in depth rather than colour, which is the quiet pleasure of a piece that was never meant to shout in the first place.
More on Lori-Pars rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 534368
- Size
- 281 × 201 cm (5.65 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. 18 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 281 × 201 cm (5.65 m²) this is a large rug. It sits under a seating group with the front legs of sofa and chairs on it, or under a dining table for four. A table for six wants about 80 cm of clearance all round, and needs more.
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 5.65 m² that is roughly 1.1 to 1.4 million 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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Ref: 534368
