Kashmir shawl
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The Kashmir shawl, the predecessor of the contemporary cashmere shawl, is a type of shawl identified by its distinctive Kashmiri weave and for being made of fine shahtoosh or pashmina wool. Contempora
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Pashmina goats in Ladakh
A 19th-century Kani shawl
The buta design on an 18th-century Kashmiri shawl
Paisley (design)
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Paisley or paisley pattern is an ornamental textile design using the boteh or buta, a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end. Of Iranian/Persian origin, paisley designs became popular in the We
Kashmir shawl
…cashmere, named after Kashmir), inspiring mass-produced imitation industries in India and Europe, and popularising the buta motif, today known as the Paisley motif after the factories in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland that sought to replicate it. The principal aspects of the shawl are its distinctive Kashmiri…
Shawl made in Paisley, Scotland, in imitation of Kashmir shawls, c. 1830
Persian silk brocade with gold and silver thread (golabetoon), woven in 1963.
Shawl fragment, India, 19th century
A paisley-shaped Indian kohl container (1960s)