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Gabba
Encyclopaedia Iranica (2000)
  • Jean-Pierre Digard
  • Carol Bier, The Textile Museum
Abstract
Gabba is a hand-woven pile rug of coarse quality and medium size (90 × 150 cm or larger) characterized by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of color and a playfulness with geometry. This kind of rug is common among the tribes of the Zagros (Kurdish, Lori-speaking ethnic groups, Qašqāʾīs).
Keywords
  • Gabba,
  • gabbeh,
  • rug,
  • carpet,
  • tribal,
  • Iran
Publication Date
2000
Citation Information
Jean-Pierre Digard and Carol Bier. "Gabba" Encyclopaedia Iranica (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carol_bier/77/