Afghan Pashm Rug tribal-textiles Stock Number: BR1309

Stock Number: BR1309

Size: 203 x 140 cm | 6'8" x 4'7"

Where my carpet and I am is my home

Stock Number: BR3872

Slight distortions in the shape and shifts in tone across the field are part of how the rug was made

Afghan Pashm Rug tribal-textiles Stock Number: BR1309Pashm is the Farsi word for wool, and it is exactly what this rug is, nothing but wool, from the pile to the foundation. These rugs come from Shindand, a town in the Herat Province of Afghanistan, woven by tribal weavers who have been making them the same way for generations. What sets a Pashm apart the moment you see it is the pile. It is long, shaggy and dense in a way that most hand knotted rugs are not. It moves. It catches light differently from