Gabbeh

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Gabbe is a traditional variety of Persian carpet.

A gabbe is a triple hand-knotted carpet/floor mat, crafted almost exclusively by women from Qashqai and some other tribes in southwestern Iran. This kind of carpet is much thicker and coarser than other Persian carpets; sometimes it is as much as one inch in depth. In fact, it is more of a variety of kilim than carpet. Its pattern is of a very basic kind with only a limited number of decorative, mostly rectangular objects resembling mainly animals. In gabbe usually bright colors, such as yellow and red, are used. They are made of natural wool yarn and all the colors are of natural dye. Due to its relative ease of production (less precise pattern, small number of knots per sq.cm., etc.) a Gabbe is one of the cheaper varieties of floor mats. These days natural-dyed, hand-spun Gabbe’s are also produced in the Peshawar area in north-west of Pakistan.