Afghan Pashm Rug vintage-baluch Stock Number: BR1287

Stock Number: BR1287

Size: 153 x 102 cm | 5'1" x 3'4"

Size: 99 x 64 cm | 3'3" x 2'2"

Shiraz rugs come from the villages and tribal settlements surrounding the ancient city of Shiraz in Iran's Fars Province

Afghan Pashm Rug vintage-baluch Stock Number: BR1287Pashm 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