Gabbeh Loribaft
201 × 151 cm
1.380 €
Gabbeh Loribaft
2.850 €
Incl. VAT
195 × 156(3.04 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Lori-Kashkouli
Where it comes from
This is a Lori-Kashkouli, a tribal weaving from the Qashqai world of southern Iran, 195 x 156 cm (6'5" x 5'1"). Kashkuli work is known among tribal rugs for unusually fine knotting and for medallion designs of real elegance. This piece carries that same fine hand into something far quieter: a field with no medallion at all.
What you see
The first impression is colour alone: a deep brick red, streaked through with abrash where the tone lifts and deepens from one stretch to the next. There is no medallion, no motif to draw the eye to a centre, just this field running edge to edge. It stops at a border in a darker oxblood maroon, stepped into a simple rectangle of moderate width. Just inside it runs a thin band striped in grey and red, and near the corners a few small geometric diamonds and dashes appear, scattered rather than repeated, as though placed by hand rather than planned.
How it was made
That streaking comes from the wool itself. The pile is hand-spun, and hand-spun yarn varies slightly in thickness and in how it takes dye from one length to the next, so the colour shifts naturally across the field instead of sitting flat. That is abrash, and here it does the work a medallion would normally do. The knot count runs to 201,000-250,000 per square metre, fine for a rug made from memory on a tribal loom rather than to a drawn cartoon, over a natural wool warp. The result is a piece where restraint, not intricacy, is the real display of skill.
At home
At 195 x 156 cm this suits a bedroom or a quieter seating corner, somewhere the eye can settle on colour rather than pattern. Against a pale floor the brick red will hold the warmth of a room through the darker months; against dark wood or furniture it holds its own without competing. The 12 mm pile is soft and slightly uneven underfoot, better suited to a calm room than a busy hallway. As daylight moves across it through the day, the abrash keeps shifting the red between brick and oxblood, so the field never quite settles into one shade for long.
More on Lori-Kashkouli rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 948449
- Size
- 195 × 156 cm (3.04 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. 11 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 195 × 156 cm (3.04 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 3.04 m² that is roughly 610,000 to 760,000 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: 948449
