Gorgeous Persian Gabbeh rug. Hand-spun wool. Fine lamb's wool. The lovely piece of your home. This rug has a dense, soft pile, and excellent quality, to ensure that you will enjoy the look and feel of your rug for years to come. The nomadic Qashqai tribes of southern Iran make gabbeh rugs. They are rough cut and long piled rugs of rich color and best quality wool. They are sometimes referred to by the heritage of the specific tribe by which they are woven, such as “a Lori rug,” or by the name of the city in which they are most often traded, such as “a Shiraz rug” or “a Shiraz Gabbeh.” The word “Gabbeh” literally translates to “in the rough,” and it accurately describes this style of Persian rug. Gabbeh carpets are woven on makeshift ground looms constructed of materials that are kept and hauled for long distances by the nomadic tribal, and also of materials that are found at each site where the tribe sets up camp. Because part of the loom must be found at each site, a wide variety is introduced. Thus, these rugs are usually somewhat irregular in shape. But, for what they lack in perfectly uniform shape they more than make up for in character, durability, and uniqueness.