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Kashmiri Shawls are
popular due to fiber's quality, colors & the handwork done on the
Shawls.
There are three fibers from which
Kashmiri shawls are made - wool, pashmina
and shahtoosh. Woollen
shawls are popular because of the embroidery worked on them, which is
unique to Kashmir. Many kinds of
embroidery are worked on shawls. 'Sozni'
(needlework) is generally done in a panel along the sides of the shawl.
Another type of needle embroidery is popularly known as 'papièr mâchè' work
because of the design and the style in which it is executed. A third type
of embroidery is Aari or hook
embroidery. Motifs here are the well-known flower design finely worked in
concentric rings of chain stitch.
Pashmina is unmistakable due to its softness. Pashmina yarn is spun from the hair of the ibex.Although pure pashmnina
is expensive, the cost is sometimes brought down
by blending it with rabbit fur or with wool. It is on pashmina
shawls that Kashmir's most exquisite
embroidery is executed, sometimes covering the entire surface, earning it
the name of 'jamawar’. A Jamawar shawl can, by virtue of the embroidery,
increase the value of a shawl threefold.
Our Shawls are imported from Kasmir
and Quality is unmatchable with the price we offer.
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