Afghan Pashm Rug authentic vintage Circa: 1980s

Circa: 1980s

Stock Number: BR3744

Size: 387 x 94 cm | 12'8" x 3'1"

Stock Number: 778

design and colours were and sometime still are considered amazing little quirks that make the rug unique to its own

Afghan Pashm Rug authentic vintage Circa: 1980sPashm 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