Afghan Pashm Rug authentic Size: 187 x 123 cm

Size: 187 x 123 cm | 6'2" x 4'1"

strong structure and confident use of pattern

Stock Number: BR861

Size: 210 x 131 cm | 6'11" x 4'3"

from the refined city workshops of Istanbul and Hereke to the bold tribal rugs of the Anatolian villages and nomadic Kurdish weavers working across the mountainous interior

Afghan Pashm Rug authentic Size: 187 x 123 cmPashm 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