Afghan Pashm Rug authentic kilim Stock Number: #4344

Stock Number: #4344

Style: Turkmen rugs are produced by the Turkmen tribes who are the main ethnic group in Turkmenistan and are also found in Afghanistan

intensely bright quality that no other rug tradition produces

Stock Number: #4348

and that shows in how these rugs are built

Afghan Pashm Rug authentic kilim Stock Number: #4344Pashm 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