Afghan Pashm Rug floral rug what you are looking at

what you are looking at still reads as vivid and well defined

Stock Number: BR976

from the Ghazni sheep of Afghanistan

Size: 257 x 83 cm | 8'5" x 2'9"

angular motifs and stepped tribal symbols arranged with a strong sense of symmetry across the field

Afghan Pashm Rug floral rug what you are looking atPashm 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