Afghan Pashm Rug vintage carpet 'Chobi' itself translates to 'colour

'Chobi' itself translates to 'colour like wood' in Farsi

Stock Number: BR1301

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

Size: 197 x 152 cm | 6'6" x 5'

Size: 300 x 90 cm | 9'10" x 3'

Afghan Pashm Rug vintage carpet 'Chobi' itself translates to 'colourPashm 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