Gabbeh Loribaft
331 × 249 cm
6.150 €
Gabbeh Loribaft
765 €
Incl. VAT
150 × 105(1.58 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Lori-Pars
Where it comes from
A Lori-Pars rug from the Zagros mountains of Iran, 150 x 105 cm (4'11" x 3'5"). Lori weavers are nomadic, working from memory rather than from a drawn plan, and their rugs are usually known for bold, simplified motifs in confident colour. This one carries none of that vocabulary. There is no motif here at all, only colour, and that is the whole of its character.
What you see
The field is a warm sand-beige, shifting in soft vertical bands towards a deeper camel, so that the surface reads almost like natural fleece rather than dyed wool. No medallion interrupts it, no border pattern competes with it. A narrow ivory-beige border runs round the edge, close enough in tone to the field that it frames without announcing itself. The eye moves across the striping the way it would move across grain in wood.
How it was made
That striping is called abrash, and it comes from the wool itself. The yarn was hand-spun and dyed in small batches from mountain plants, and no two batches take the dye quite the same way; where one batch ends and the next begins, the colour shifts. A workshop rug is drawn to erase exactly this kind of variation. Here it was left to happen, knot by knot, at a density of 201,000 to 250,000 per square metre, with the pile left at 11 mm so the wool's own texture stays visible rather than shorn flat.
At home
At this size the rug suits a hallway floor, a bedside, or a spot by a study door rather than a room to be crossed by a dining table. The sand and camel tones will warm a pale wood floor and read quietly against darker furniture, never competing for attention. Underfoot it is soft rather than dense, wool spun thick and left with a low, matte pile that takes daily footsteps without complaint. Set it where the light changes through the day and the striping will do something different each time the sun moves across it, cream lifting to camel and back again, with no two hours quite the same.
More on Lori-Pars rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 754952
- Size
- 150 × 105 cm (1.58 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. 6 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 150 × 105 cm (1.58 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 1.58 m² that is roughly 320,000 to 390,000 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: 754952
