The collaboration of two companies, Zavieh and Lotfi brothers, produces a new generation of Hand-Woven carpet by using modern patterns and wool with different original natural shades - which is rare. This carpet collection is presented to the people all over the world as the Gabri Collection.

The Zavieh carpet production takes its roots in the late 19th century. Habibollah Zavieh was born in 1884. His father worked in the real eastate in Tehran and Tabriz. Habibollah had a happy childhood until his father passed away when he was 14. He was sent to Istanbul where he studied at the Alliance Française then he started to work in the carpet and tea business in between Turkey, Russia, Egypt and his homeland, Iran.

Habibollah Zavieh rapidly became one of the most important oriental carpet and handicraft exporter towards England, Switzerland, the United-States and mostly Denmark where he lived for a couple of years.

A few years preceeding his death, both of his sons Javad and Djalal Zavieh inherited his export company and worked beside their father.
In 1977, his youngest son, Djalal Zavieh moved to Brussels, Belgium where he continued the oriental carpet exportation business towards Europe and the United-States. He slowly specialized himself in all origins of handmade carpets from antique to modern.

The Lotfi brothers company managed by Alireza and Gholamreza Lotfi, using an enriched experience of more than 90 years in the field of research, gathers the most original Iranian carpets and kelims. There information and database is very wide and thus rare.
The Lofti brothers have a MS Degree from the Art Faculty at Tehran University. They also have a MS degree from the Iranian Carpet Faculty. They both teach in some reputable Iranian universities and publish essays in professional publications : these essays, result of their effort and their experience, partly inherited from past generations.
Their knowledge in the field of ancient Iranian tribal technics and designs, in the link between carpets, climate and geography, their knowledge of different cultures and societies but also of modern interior design give them a special place in the professional field.
The Lotfi brothers have been honored for the best Iranian carpet board in 2003. They have also been honored for the crystalline statue of the best collection of Iranian ancient tribal woven in 2004, for the best tribal carpet production in 2005, the best interior design in 2006 and finally for the best modern carpet production in 2007.


Description of wool and hand-spinned thread :

Sheep wool cords have a hollow structure which is filled with protein (Lipo) and according to age, race, district, climate and vegetation, there is a fluctuation in the lipo’s rate. This protein has a great effect on softness, flexibility, fineness and also in luminosity and resistance of the wool against friction and breaking.

In the hand-spinned wool yarns, where all the steps of the evolution from wool cord to wool yarn are done by hand, all the qualities of the natural wool are preserved. This is not comparable with the machine threads. We should emphasize that in some of the hand-spinned wool, industrial machines are used in the process of carding instead of hand and comb. Therefore resulting the friction of most of the cords which is the most important reason in the yarn’s erosion (carpet). (In the hand-spinned wool yarns, the length of the fibers is approximately 5 to 15 cm).

In order to facilitate the procedure of carding by machines, some industrial lubricants may be used thus making the wool blur and opaque. These yarns have an unpleasant smell which is due to the lubricant used in the machine. In some cases, and for economic reasons, petrol or gasoil might be used making it even worse.
On the other hand, since a mass of wool with different shades (sheep wool has different natural shades) are placed in the machine together, the result will be the yarns in either dark or fully bright color.
Considering the facts mentioned above, we should notify that the wool cords have different color pigments which is one of the miracles of the creation.
Factors such as age, race, climate, vegetation, the resting area and the animal body part of the growth of wool have a high impact on the wool shade.

The Lotfi Brothers, with the above knowledge – a very brief description of which has been given here – and with the benefit of lots of human power and specialists, have succeeded to separate and sort the lamb wool cords which has a high quality of softness and delicacy.
Consequently with hand carding, spinning and also a high control and observation over the procedure, they have been able to produce a very large range of natural shades (self-color pigments) which are unique.
After achieving these stages of production of colorful wool yarns, this company began to produce and to weave the hand-knotted carpets. The procedure of weaving and knotting of these carpets are completely traditional which is the result of centuries of experience in Persian carpets. All the technical factors of the traditional Persian carpets have been respected : such as the Kelims of the two ends of the carpet, the binding of the sides, etc. This has a great effect on the quality and the resistance of the carpet.

These carpets, known as Gabri collection, are one of the best in the contemporary carpet industry and witch is only being presented to you by the company Old Est. Zavieh sa.

We will be glad to accept any order – knowing that all our models can be made to your sizes.