Afghan Pashm Rug maimana kilim This name is appropriate as

This name is appropriate as the most common colours used in Chobi rugs are colours that can found in different types of wood

including the Engsi variety

flat-woven with no pile

Mashad has been one of the most important rug weaving centres in all of Persia

Size: 199 x 159 cm | 6'6" x 5'3"

Afghan Pashm Rug maimana kilim This name is appropriate asPashm 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