Afghan Pashm Rug large area natural springs and rich pasture

natural springs and rich pasture produce a wool that is harder to find anywhere else

This rug comes from the Caucasus

Stock Number: BR2114

They are considered among the finest quality rugs produced in Afghanistan

Afghan Pashm Rug large area natural springs and rich pasturePashm 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