Rugsville Hand Knotted Gabbeh Persian Wool Carpet 4' x 6'

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 weavers shared the loom across 2-3 months, working at roughly 80 knots per square inch. That gives a finished count of around 276 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 natural.

What you are buying

This is an honest entry into hand-knotted collecting. Wool, cotton foundation, hand-tied knots, finished by hand. The price reflects the smaller scale of the piece rather than any compromise in the weaving. Used and conserved, it holds and grows in value the way every hand-tied carpet does.

The piece in a room

4' x 6' (122 x 183 cm) is the working scale for a flat-living dining area or a primary bedroom with the rug under the lower two-thirds of the bed. The composition fills the eye without overwhelming the room. The natural tones sit well against lime-washed plaster, raw oak, and warm metal.

Conservation

Vacuum once a week with the beater bar disengaged. Rotate the rug 180 degrees every six months to keep the wear even. Use a clean cotton cloth on spills and work from the perimeter inward. Engage a hand-wash conservator every five years for the deep clean a domestic process cannot reach. The piece holds its value across decades of household use.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 4' x 6' (122 x 183 cm)
• Construction: hand-tied asymmetric knot
• Knot density: ~80 KPSI
• Total knot count: ~276k
• Hands: 2 weavers, 2-3 months
• Pile: 8 mm, hand-spun wool
• Dye: vegetable and low-impact mineral
• Origin: India

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