Afghan Pashm Rug wool Stock Number: BR04

Stock Number: BR04

elaborate central medallions

leading a nomadic and semi-nomadic lifestyle across the mountainous borderlands of Turkey

Oushak rugs are a classic within the handwoven rugs family

Afghan Pashm Rug wool Stock Number: BR04Pashm 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