Lovely large hand-woven Persian Gabbeh carpet.

 On auction is this beautiful large Gabbeh hand-woven Persian carpet. It has a lovely, thick wool pile and is unusually luxurious.

It has two or three cellphone sized damaged patches, but I believe these are very repairable. A lovely rug! 261cm x 175cm

A Gabbeh is a hand-woven pile rug of coarse quality and medium size (90 x 150 cm or larger) characterized by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of color and a playfulness with geometry. This type of rug is popular among the populations of the Zagros Mountains of Iran, including Kurdish, Luri and Qashqai people. The Gabbeh is usually crafted by women.

Gabbeh carpets are much thicker and coarser than other Persian carpets; sometimes it is as much as one inch in depth. The word "Gabbeh" comes from the Persian meaning raw, natural, uncut. This is a rough and primitive carpet.

Gabbeh patterns are of a very basic kind with only a limited number of decorative, mostly rectangular objects resembling mainly animals. In Gabbeh usually bright colors, such as yellow and red, are used. Although large fields of solid color are used in Gabbeh designs, the color is variegated (the color varies throughout the rug).

Please study pictures carefully as they give a good indication of the general condition. COLLECTIONS ARE ENCOURAGED IN JOHANNESBURG OR PRETORIA. If you prefer to make use of SAPO, postage is R55.