• Thumbnail for Kashmir shawl
    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...
    24 KB (2,953 words) - 12:23, 24 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pashmina (material)
    pashmina may refer either to the material or to the variant of the Kashmir shawl that is made from it. Both cashmere and pashmina come from the same...
    13 KB (1,541 words) - 06:06, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shawl
    Other shapes include oblong shawls. It is associated with the inhabitants of the northern Indian subcontinent—particularly Kashmir and Punjab—and Central Asia...
    21 KB (2,903 words) - 05:52, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cashmere wool
    Cashmere wool (category Economy of Jammu and Kashmir)
    closely associated with the Kashmir shawl, the word "cashmere" deriving from an anglicization of Kashmir, when the Kashmir shawl reached Europe in the 19th...
    25 KB (3,201 words) - 14:26, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paisley (design)
    Empire versions of the design from India, especially in the form of Kashmir shawls, and were then replicated locally. The English name for the patterns...
    28 KB (2,879 words) - 19:59, 25 November 2024
  • for political benefits. One of India's most famous exports was the Kashmir shawl, distinctive for its Kashmiri weave, and traditionally made of shahtoosh...
    63 KB (6,760 words) - 18:53, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kashmiri handicrafts
    Kashmiri handicrafts (category Culture of Jammu and Kashmir)
    The artistry of Kashmir with palkis, bedsheets, trunks, inkstands, boxes, and spoons are famous all over India, furthermore, the shawl making is exceptional...
    18 KB (1,992 words) - 08:29, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Srinagar
    houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts like the Kashmir shawl (made of pashmina and cashmere wool), papier-mâché, wood carving, carpet...
    81 KB (7,825 words) - 16:45, 24 November 2024
  • A Kani shawl is a type of Kashmir shawl originating from the Kanihama area of the Kashmir valley. It is one of the oldest handicraft of Kashmir. This craft...
    4 KB (463 words) - 16:33, 29 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
    Kashmir is also famous for its scenery, flower gardens and apple farms. It attracts tourists for its unique handicrafts and the famous Kashmir shawls...
    83 KB (7,191 words) - 15:50, 14 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paisley, Renfrewshire
    fell out of fashion in 1790. The mills switched to the imitation Kashmir (cashmere) shawls called "Paisley". Under the leadership of Thomas Coats (1809–1893)...
    92 KB (9,229 words) - 06:49, 24 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kashmir
    interest-free loans to farmers; Kashmir became the second highest revenue earner for the Sikh Empire. During this time Kashmir shawls became known worldwide,...
    85 KB (8,368 words) - 23:04, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shahtoosh
    Shahtoosh (redirect from Shahtoosh shawl)
    of the chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii, also called Tibetan antelope). Also, shawls made from the wool of the chiru are called shahtoosh. Shahtoosh is the finest...
    10 KB (1,180 words) - 23:04, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paisley shawls
    town—in the nineteenth century. The Paisley shawl has its antecedents in the Kashmir shawl, produced in Kashmir, India, since the eleventh century, and more...
    8 KB (934 words) - 17:49, 6 April 2024
  • Association awarded Best Epic Romance of the Year to her 2011 novel, The Kashmir Shawl. Thomas married her husband, a literary agent, after graduating university...
    6 KB (452 words) - 02:16, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sheikh Abdullah
    organisation. Those nine members were Khwaja Saad-ud-din Shawl, Khwaja Hassan Shah Naqshbandi, Mirwaiz Kashmir, Molvi Ahmad-Ullah, Mirwaiz Hamadani, Agha Syed...
    47 KB (5,448 words) - 20:27, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Kashmir
    links with sites like Kot-Diji, in Sindh. A Muslim shawl making family in Kashmir. 1867. Cashmere shawl manufactory, chromolith., William Simpson. Kashmiri...
    71 KB (7,505 words) - 20:07, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Azad Kashmir
    Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد جموں و کشمیر, romanized: Āzād Jammū̃ o Kaśmīr, lit. 'Independent Jammu and Kashmir'; abbr. AJK), officially the State...
    97 KB (9,244 words) - 16:04, 14 November 2024
  • changthani, the source of Pashmina wool Pashmina shawl, a popular garment and variant of the Kashmir shawl Pashmina - Dhaage Mohabbat Ke, a 2023 Indian romantic...
    478 bytes (93 words) - 17:42, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jamawar
    Jamawar (category Shawls and wraps)
    Jamawar, or gown piece, is a special type of shawl made in Kashmir. "Jama" means robe and "war/var" is yard. The best quality of Jamawar is built with...
    4 KB (374 words) - 00:57, 2 October 2024
  • cuts, and manufacturing damages almost invisible. In Kashmir, the term is more associated with shawl making where the weavers were called Sada-baf and the...
    4 KB (364 words) - 17:55, 10 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir
    years. Jammu and Kashmir also has flower gardens and apple orchards. It attracts tourists for its handicrafts and the Kashmiri shawls. The first ever Map...
    19 KB (4,826 words) - 02:15, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Budgam district
    district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in Kashmir region. Created in 1979 with its headquarters at the town of Budgam...
    26 KB (1,893 words) - 19:28, 18 November 2024
  • fabric for shirts. Kashmir shawl CROSS (Manufacturer.), William (1872). Descriptive Sketch of Changes in the Style of Paisley Shawls. Being the substance...
    2 KB (231 words) - 02:26, 14 September 2024
  • city of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir Life was founded by late Jawahara Shawl in March 2009. The magazine is now owned by Shawl's brother-in-law, Masood Hussain...
    3 KB (189 words) - 21:53, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Textile
    March 27, 2018. Kadapa-Bose, S. (15 September 2021). "Banana Saris, Lotus Shawls, Bamboo Jeans: How Desi Fashion Is Going Green!". the better india. Retrieved...
    123 KB (10,620 words) - 21:17, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Talim (textiles)
    Talim (textiles) (category Culture of Kashmir)
    patterns in shawl weaving. The talim technique is employed in the creation of kani shawls, which originated from the Kanihama region of the Kashmir valley...
    14 KB (1,460 words) - 10:21, 1 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kashmiris
    Kashmiris (category Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir)
    Asia and Oceania, Infobase, ISBN 9781438119137 Ames, Frank (1986). The Kashmir shawl and its Indo-French influence. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 9780907462620...
    49 KB (4,381 words) - 19:21, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Buta (ornament)
    India, Azerbaijan, Turkey and other countries of the Near East. Via Kashmir shawls it spread to Europe at least in 19th century, where patterns using it...
    9 KB (786 words) - 05:05, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ladakh
    after the animal is killed. The fibre is smuggled into Kashmir and woven into exquisite shawls by Kashmiri workers. Ladakh is also home to the Tibetan...
    138 KB (13,482 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2024