Dabbaghi (tannery wool) پشم دباغی

Dabbaghi, or tannery wool (pashm-e dabbaghi), is wool taken from the skins of slaughtered sheep instead of being shorn from live animals. Iranian tanneries loosen it with sodium sulphide and lime, which leaves the fibre swollen and brittle. A 2012 Iranian study found its yarn weaker and less colourfast than shorn wool and advised against it in hand-knotted carpets; textile references rank skin wool below clip wool.

Also dabbaghi wool · pashm-e dabbaghi · tabakhi · skin wool · slipe wool · pulled wool

See also Kork wool, Wool, Handspun wool

Last reviewed November 2026