HOT ! Afghan Pashm Rug

Pashm 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 every angle. And underfoot, it is extraordinarily soft, the kind of softness that surprises people who expect a tribal rug to feel robust and coarse. This is both.

The tribal patterns are bold and geometric, worked with the loose, personal interpretation that comes from weavers who carry the designs in memory rather than on paper. No two Pashm rugs are the same. The combination of that shaggy, tactile pile and the raw, confident patterning gives these rugs a character that is entirely their own.