Afghan Pashm Rug oushak rug No two are precisely the

No two are precisely the same

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Stock Number: BR1337

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Their rugs are immediately recognisable by the elephant's foot gul

Afghan Pashm Rug oushak rug No two are precisely thePashm 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