Afghan Pashm Rug handknotted wool Stock Number: BR1573

Stock Number: BR1573

more even surface and a slightly sharper definition of the geometric designs

The geometric tribal designs are bold and tightly executed

built to hold its colour and structure over decades of use

Stock Number: BR1921

Afghan Pashm Rug handknotted wool Stock Number: BR1573Pashm 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