Afghan Pashm Runner vintage-silk Stock Number: BR829

Stock Number: BR829

The pile is thick

Stock Number: BR2381

Maimana is a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan

Mamluk rugs originated from Egypt during the thirteenth century and continue to be in production

Afghan Pashm Runner vintage-silk Stock Number: BR829Pashm 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