Afghan Pashm Rug beige vegetable dyeing techniques producing subtle

vegetable dyeing techniques producing subtle earthy tones

with over 80 years in age

Size: 127 x 97 cm

Size: 209 x 208 cm | 6'10" x 6'10"

more delicate guls arranged in precise rows across the field with a fineness of detail

Afghan Pashm Rug beige vegetable dyeing techniques producing subtlePashm 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