"Pashmina" is the Persian word meaning finest wool fibre, Pashmina shawls were originally shawls hand spun, woven and embroidered in Kashmir, and made from fine cashmere fiber. This fiber is also known as pashm or pashmina. Kashmiri Pashmina Shawls are known for its softness. Pashmina yarn is spun from the hair of the ibex found at 14,000 ft above the sea level, every summer; Himalayan farmers climb the mountains to comb the fine woolen undercoat from the neck and chest of, Himalayan mountain pashm, not to be confused with the endangered Tibetan antelope that is killed to produce shatoosh shawls. Different types of cashmere Pashmina Shawls made from top quality raw material, Pure Pashmina is expensive but mixed Pashmina with wool is less expensive. Kashmiri pashmina silk shawls are world widely praised for their unmatched quality & various kinds of embroideries Art or hook embroidery.
Jammu and Kashmir is not only home to the vast cultural and ethnic diversity but also the raid arts and crafts that have been carefully natured for the centuries. A variety of motifs, techniques and crafts flourished in the land as the people from different regions flocked through this beautiful place and many of the skilled craftsmen decided to settle amidst its charming abundance of natural beauty.
Monday, 30 January 2012
KASHMIRI PASHMINA SHAWLS
Sunday, 29 January 2012
HAND KNOTTED KASHMIRI CARPETS
for a handkerchief or it can be the most expensive purchase of your Kashmir trip. But one thing is sure if you didn't buy a carpet during your visit you are surely missing the art of Kashmir, for what it is world renowned. Kashmir is not the origin of carpet weaving the art come from Persia. These carpets are famous for two things- they are handmade and they are always knotted, never tufted, the more knots per square inch, the greater its value and durability. Also there are single and double-knotted carpets. A single knotted carpet is fluffier and more resistant to touch than the double knotted. Knotting of the carpet & yarn is the most important features. The yarn used normally is silk, wool or silk and wool, cotton base. |
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 184cm * 274cm)
Weaving Of Hand Knotted Kashmiri Carpet
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 184cm * 274cm)
Weaving Of Hand Knotted Kashmiri Carpet
Silk-on-Silk carpet (size 214cm * 304cm)
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 184cm * 274cm)
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 274cm * 366cm )
Silk-on-Cotton Round carpet (size 214cm * 214cm)
Silk-on-Cotton Carpet (size 184cm * 274cm)
Silk-on-Cotton carpet (size 152cm * 244)
Silk-on-Cotton Carpet (size 214cm * 304cm )
Silk-on-Cotton carpet (size 244cm * 244cm)
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 184cm * 274cm)
Silk-on-Cotton Carpet (size 214cm * 304cm)
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 274cm * 366cm)
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 184cm * 274cm)
Silk-on-Cotton Carpet (size 184cm * 274cm)
Silk-on-Silk Carpet (size 274cm * 366cm)
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