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Vintage Persian Gabbeh Rug with Blue Field and Traditional Symbols

Offered by: Robert James Walsh & Company

Description
This attractive tribal rug is hand-knotted with vegetal-dyed local wool on an undyed wool foundation. It has a speckled light blue and ivory field with a large overall tri-color diamond pattern in beige, red, and turquoise. The large pattern is interspersed with smaller traditional symbols. Among these symbols, the large diamond pattern implies protection from evil, and the animals reflect activities of everyday life and livelihood. It is from southern Iran and is hand-made by traditional Luri and Qashqai tribal weavers.

The rug is bordered on all sides with small diamond and triangle patterns in red, beige, brown, and turquoise. The two ends have woolen fringes, while the long sides are bordered by barber-pole selvages. The rug is heavy and soft, in the manner of the style's original use as a sleeping rug. There is an expert four-inch repair in the border at the center of one fringe-end as seen in the last photograph; it is barely visible to the eye when the rug is on the floor.

The rug is colorful and cheerful. It has a flexible, soft, medium pile, and is a convenient size for use on the floor of any room, or on a table or atop a bed.

More Information

Origin:	Iran
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	Wool, vegetable dyes, hand-knotted
Condition:	Good. With four-inch expert repair at one end
Creation Date:	1980
Styles / Movements:	Middle Eastern, Persian, Traditional
Patterns:	Animal/Insects, Handmade, Plaid/Diamond, Textured, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	RVG-17-1-JECL
Incollect Reference #:	495671

Dimensions

W.	59 in;	H.	83 in;	D.	0.75 in;
W.	149.86 cm;	H.	210.82 cm;	D.	1.91 cm;

Message from Seller:

Robert James Walsh & Company is a thirty-year-old Vermont business dealing in antiques, art, and modernism. Robert Walsh, owner, is also an Accredited Member of Appraisers Association of America, as well as a respected consultant. We have participated in many international trade shows in the US and Canada.