Lot 205
  • 205

Q'ASHQAI TRIBE OR LURI, SOUTHWEST PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY | Gabbeh Rug

Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
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Description

  • Gabbeh Rug
  • wool, pile
  • approximately: 100 by 63cm., 3ft. 3in by 2ft. 1in.
possibly reduced in length

Provenance

Gordon Reece Galleries, 21 February 2003

Condition

Overall measurements: 63cm across the top, 63cm across the bottom, 103cm the left hand side, 100cm the right hand side. Possibly cut and joined horizontally through the centre. Pile 1cm overall. Minor spot areas of re-piling, for example within the blues. With trimmed fringes at each end. A charming example of tribal weaving.
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