Mohanlal Chaturvedi Reward Points : 20700 Member Since : Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The pashmina shawl Of Kashmir amidst its elegance brings out the feminine essence of the Indian culture. I want to know more about the pattern and style and indeed its age old history..
Posted On : 4/8/2009 2:04:09 AM
Maya Chowdhury Reward Points : 13600 Member Since : Monday, January 05, 2009
The history of Kashmir recounts, that the innovation of Pashmina shawl making dates back to 700 years. This was introduced by virtuous king of Kashmir, Zain-Ul-Ahadin. However, the marketing of the product, Kashmiri Pashmina shawl, is attributed by the 14th century, Mirza Haidar. It was under the reign of Zain-Ul-Ahadin, that this practice of shawl weaving was discovered. It is said, that even today, some highly expensive Pashmina shawls, are woven from such marvelous wool, that the shawl, can pass even through a ring. The pattern of the Pashmina shawls has a wide variety. It ranges from the Jamawar Paisley work Pashmina shawl, to the simple yet elegant printed ones. The term Jamawar Paisley, refer to the Mughal art of weaving flora and fauna motifs, while Paisley, are the shawls, meant for Western and European buyers. Indeed, the technique of shawl-weaving tasted prosperity during the aesthetically conscious, Mughal regime in India. The Pashmina silk shawl is a fantastic example of fabulous fusion. 70 percent Pashmina wool is mixed with 30 percent pure silk, to weave a splendid Pashmina silk shawl. The Pashmina shawl can come in an ample spectrum of shades, ranging from pure white, to the darker, but gorgeous shades like maroon, or black.
Posted On : 4/8/2009 2:43:41 AM
Siddharth Ray Reward Points : 61200 Member Since : Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Pashmina is one of the world s most luxurious natural fibers, derived from a rare Central Asian mountain goat. Nomads living in the rugged and remote Himalayan mountains tend to the goats. Only those goats found about 14,000 ft. where high speed winds and freezing temperatures exist, possess a special undercoat of pashm. Other long, coarse hairs envelop the goat and conserve the delicateness of the animal s underfleece. It is this wool pashm which serves to make the shawls, refered to as Pashmina after being woven. Pashmina Shawls are hand-embroidered in Kashmir. Kashmir lies in the Valley of the Himalayas, surrounded by the highest mountains in the world. Kashmir was one of the important trade routes between east and west. Although it has a long history of political upheavals, the people of Kashmir have kept the art of shawl-weaving as one of their best forms of artistic talent. From its early appearance as a graceful, naturalistic flowering plant in the 17th century, the motif commonly known as Paisley represents Indian art through its mutations over the next two hundred years in the familiar teardrop shape. At the court of the Mughal emperors of northern India, a single flowering-plant motif appeared and became a hallmark of Mughal art. In the Himalayan region of Kashmir, this design was used to embellish fine, goat-hair shoulder mantles and sashes woven for male officials of the Mughal court. The original motif gradually developed into a variety of fantastic floral arrangement and eventually into a nearly abstract, teardrop shape. At the end of the 18th century, the elegant mantles of Kashmir became fashionable among European women, and the design was transplanted to the West. Further abstraction of the motif occurred in European-manufactured shawls, and the term Paisley refers to the town in Scotland responsible for producing a great number of shawls with this motif during the 19th century.
Posted On : 4/8/2009 3:01:17 AM
Vikas Chaturvedi Reward Points : 14100 Member Since : Thursday, December 20, 2007
Silk Pashmina Designer Shawls are available in a large range of animal prints such as tiger, leopard and many more. These shawls are soft in touch and feel and offers extreme warmth during the winters. These shawls are woven using pure pashmina, that are procured from the renowned vendors.
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