Vintage Persian Gabbeh Rug

A gorgeous and playful vintage Persian Gabbeh rug with a crimson abrash ombre field with a bright indigo diamond medallion flanked by pairs of indigo goats, and a wonderful border wi...

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 bold vintage Persian Gabbeh rug with a abrash cranberry field with a central stylized indigo goat, more goats and people at each end, and ...

A beautiful bold vintage Persian Gabbeh rug with a n abrash crimson field with several indigo and white goats, and surrounded by a repeated crimson, white, green, and indigo square p...

53943 Vintage Persian Hamadan Rug Runner, 02'01 x 08'05. Persian Hamadan carpet runners are meticulously handwoven rugs originating from the Hamadan region of Iran, renowned for thei...

53877 Extra-Long Vintage Persian Malayer Rug Runner, 03'02 x 21'00. Antique Persian Malayer rug runners are long, narrow hand-knotted wool rugs originating from Malayer, Iran, prized...

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...

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