Afghan Pashm Rug handmade-kilim Size: 144 x 103 cm

Size: 144 x 103 cm | 4'9" x 3'4"

The Nomadic people of Afghanistan weave Shepherd's rugs

the colours have already mellowed and the pile has settled into the kind of refinement that only natural dyes and fine wool together produce over time

Stock Number: BR1471

Size: 197 x 152 cm | 6'6" x 5'

Afghan Pashm Rug handmade-kilim Size: 144 x 103 cmPashm 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