Handmade Persian Gabbeh Rug 05

Persian Gabbeh

Gabbeh or gabba carpets is a traditional variety of Persian carpet. Gabbeh known as gava in Kurdish and Luri and is also called khersak in Bakhtiari, literally meaning a “bear’s cub”. Gabbeh carpets are much thicker and coarser than other Persian carpets; sometimes they can be as much as one inch or 2.5 cm in depth. In fact, they are more a variety of kilim than carpet. The word “gabbeh” comes from the Persian گبه, meaning raw, natural, uncut. This is a rough and primitive carpet.