Gabbeh Rug

A wonderful mid-20th century Persian Gabbeh rug with a fantastic abrash crimson field with a small central floral medallion and another flower in each corner. The border is simple wi...

A gorgeous mid-20th century Persian Gabbeh rug with a bold abrash crimson field surrounded by myriad squares with stylized goats, people and trees-of-life woven in gold, indigo, gree...

A bold vintage Persian Gabbeh rug with a five large indigo squares in the center of a rusty brown field surrounded by three patterned borders containing flowers and stripes, woven in...

A fantastic mid-20th century Persian Gabbeh rug with a burnt orange field with three small stylized leaves in the center, and surrounded by a harlequin diamond border woven in indigo...

A vintage Persian Gabbeh carpet from the mid-20th century.

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug woven by the nomadic Qashqai tribe. This is definitely a conversational piece and one created for an artsy individual that can enjoy the quirkiness of vintage tribal rugs. Aside from the offset medallion and highly striated field ranging from brick to crimson red, the text reading "year 2536 (intended, most likely, for the year the rug was made)" is peculiar regardless if its source is from the Persian calendar (current year: 1397) or the Gregorian calendar (current year: 2018). Was the weaver an innumerate individual that lacked basic education and just slapped on some nonsensical numbers of a futuristic date onto the rug? Or, was this an extremely intelligent individual that possessed a skill that very few have? The ability to convert the old imperial Persian (Achaemenid) calendar created in 559 BC under Cyrus the Great...

21st Century Tribal Persian Gabbeh rug. Measures: 2'7'' x 4'4''.

An antique Persian Gabbeh carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.