Afghan Pashm Rug oriental rug design and colours were and

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

the pile has a gentle sheen and a velvety feel underfoot

Tabriz weavers were commissioned to produce rugs for royal palaces and important holy sites

the colours have already softened and the pile has developed the kind of depth and lustre that only age and quality wool together produce

Size: 224 x 114 cm | 7'4" x 3'9"

Afghan Pashm Rug oriental rug design and colours were andPashm 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