Afghan Pashm Rug blue rug Stock Number: BR2273

Stock Number: BR2273

a large bold octagonal medallion repeated in rows across the field

birds and tribal symbols that appear across the field are not copied from a pattern

Size: 131 x 79 cm | 4'4" x 2'4"

Size: 197 x 195 cm | 6'6" x 6'5"

Afghan Pashm Rug blue rug Stock Number: BR2273Pashm 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