Rugsville Gabbeh Stripes Red Silver Gold Wool Carpet 6' x 9'

Gabbeh is one of the few weaving traditions where the artist and the maker are the same person. The wool is washed in mountain water, the dyes are gathered from plants the weaver knows by name, and the field is built knot by knot without a paper plan. This rug holds onto that habit of mind even at workshop scale.

The pile is hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation. 2-3 weavers shared the loom across 4-5 months, working at roughly 80 knots per square inch. That gives a finished count of around 622 thousand hand-tied knots. The dyes were prepared in small batches and the wool was lowered into them before being washed in clean water and sun-dried over several days. Every step is done by hand because the result depends on it.

The composition

The composition reads at distance as a single colour and at close range as a quiet conversation between every undyed strand of wool. The motifs sit where they sit because the weaver placed them there, not because a cartoon dictated. The dominant tones run to red, gold, silver.

What you are buying

The asking price here covers the months of weaver-time and the full materials cost of a hand-tied wool carpet at this scale. There is no mark-up for distribution layers a workshop sale cannot afford. The rug is positioned as an entry into collecting hand-knotted work without compromising the discipline of the form.

The piece in a room

6' x 9' (183 x 274 cm) is the canonical scale for a primary living room with a sectional or two facing sofas above it. The composition is built to be read from the standing height of someone walking into the room. The red reading carries against off-white walls and cool stone, and it warms a room with darker timber as well.

Conservation

A spring and autumn half-rotation evens out the way the pile takes light. Vacuum weekly on suction only. Spills are blotted, never rubbed; a clean cotton cloth from the outside in lifts the liquid before it sets. Schedule a professional hand wash every four to five years. The piece outlives its first owner if treated this way.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 6' x 9' (183 x 274 cm)
• Construction: hand-tied asymmetric knot
• Knot density: ~80 KPSI
• Total knot count: ~622k
• Hands: 2-3 weavers, 4-5 months
• Pile: 8 mm, hand-spun wool
• Dye: vegetable and low-impact mineral
• Origin: India

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