Afghan Mashwani Rug tribal weave Stock Number: B5

Stock Number: B5

This rug comes from Tabriz

each piece shaped by the hands and sensibility of a single person rather than a workshop floor

encompassing what is today Azerbaijan

borrowing from both traditions

Afghan Mashwani Rug tribal weave Stock Number: B5The Mashwani are a semi nomadic Pashtun tribe from the Herat region of western Afghanistan, and they are the only Pashtun tribe known for weaving pile rugs. What makes their rugs structurally unique is the construction, a combination of flatweave kilim and hand knotted pile worked together in the same piece, producing a surface that is embossed and dimensional, with design elements that sit raised against the flatwoven field. These rugs were