17844-Loribaft Gabbeh Hand-Knotted/Handmade Indian Rug/Carpet Tribal/Nomadic Authentic/Size: 6’5” x 4’7”/ 196cm x 140cm

17844-Loribaft Gabbeh Hand-Knotted/Handmade Indian Rug/Carpet Tribal/Nomadic Authentic/Size: 6’5” x 4’7”/ 196cm x 140cmNR: 17844 Location: Loribaft Gabbeh Size: 65 x 47 196cm x 140cm Country: India Pile: Wool Base: Cotton LORIBAFT GABBEH Details: Loribaft are rugs woven by people of Lori and Ghashgai tribal descent. The word baft means weave, therefore Loribaft means Lori weave! Loribaft rugs are a progressive quality enhancement, both in weave density and pile structure to their predecessor the Gabbeh rug. Most Gabbeh rugs were 60,000 100,000 knots m while the

more recent pieces seem to have deeper piles

in the eastern part of Khorassan and in a large area of western Afghanistan

Some specimens also have four corners decorated with the same motifs (Shah Abbas) and colors as those represented in the central medallion

Size: 10'4" x 6'7"/ 315cm x 201cm

Yacoubi Brothers

The production of these hand-knotted beauties

NR: 19301

but a variety of ochre and sienna are also used

both in weave density and pile structure to their predecessor – the Gabbeh rug

No two Kerman rugs are precisely alike

dried flowers

but the inferior ones may hold cotton or goat’s hair