Afghan Pashm Rug traditional Stock Number: BR3751

Stock Number: BR3751

the loom and the weaving technique favour straight lines and sharp angles

Stock Number: BR1079

a mother created the design roughly 700 years ago while weaving a bridal gift for her daughter

Construction: Handmade

Afghan Pashm Rug traditional Stock Number: BR3751Pashm 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