6x9 Blue, Blush, Lime Color Hand Knotted Gabbeh Wool Modern & Contemporary Oriental Rug

6'7''x9'8'' Hand Knotted Wool Blue Blush Gabbeh Modern & Contemporary Pictorial Plush Pile Vegetable dyes Rug

Name: 6'7''x9'8'' Hand Knotted Wool Blue Blush Gabbeh Modern & Contemporary Pictorial Plush Pile Vegetable dyes Rug
SKU: ORH21176
Price: 1499.99 USD
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The Gabbeh format, with its open fields and freedom from formal pattern conventions, has become one of the most compelling vehicles for contemporary pictorial rug design, and this hand knotted example uses that openness to produce something genuinely original. The field is divided between a warm coral ground and a soft blue gray, with a large flowering plant rising from a stylized face form at the base, its branches carrying gold and olive leaves and deep red bell shaped blooms through the center of the composition. Small whimsical figures, animals and abstract forms populate the upper register with a narrative looseness that gives the whole surface an illustrative quality. The palette of coral, blue, ivory, gold, red and peach is carried in vegetable dyed wool with a warmth and tonal variation that the plush pile construction brings fully to the surface, each color reading with clarity against the divided ground. A wide ivory border frames the composition, and ivory fringe finishes both ends.

Exact Size: 6'7"x9'8"
Weave: Hand Knotted Rug
Yarn: Wool
Color: Blue, Blush, Lime, Aqua, Maroon, Multi
Origin: Iran
Pile Height: 1 inch
Condition: New
Condition Description: New With Tags
Rug#: ORH21176

Story Behind the Art: Gabbeh rugs were originally made by women from tribes in the south-west of Persia. Gabbeh literally means unclipped, a reference to the shagginess of the pile. Rustic simplicity and indeed a certain willfulness of design give the rugs an unaffected freshness which is most sought after, especially for use in modern decor. Original designs were very basic with only a limited number of decorative patterns, mostly geometric mix of objects resembling animals, humans (kids) or trees (abstracts), coarsely knotted with brightly colored wool. Tree designs crop up time and again in nomadic weaves. Their form is never standardized. Asymmetric and symmetric knots are often used in the same rug. But with their natural woolly texture, thickness, and extreme durability along with unique designs, they have enjoyed popularity through the ages. In modern era, Pakistan and India have emerged as popular producers of this nomadic flooring.