Afghan Pashm Rug handmade wool intricate floral fields

intricate floral fields

The wool is hand-spun and hand-selected in Afghanistan

confident patterning gives these rugs a character that is entirely their own

This rug is produced by the Turkmen tribes who are the main ethnic group in Turkmenistan and are also found in Afghanistan

Stock Number: BR1640

Afghan Pashm Rug handmade wool intricate floral fieldsPashm 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