Afghan Pashm Rug hand-knotted runner Size: 490 x 82 cm

Size: 490 x 82 cm | 16' x 2'8"

carried across borders and centuries by weavers who settled in Afghanistan and never put the craft down

One of a kind Vintage Persian rug

The design features traditional Suzani motifs such as blooms

This rug comes from Tabriz

Afghan Pashm Rug hand-knotted runner Size: 490 x 82 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