THE KASHMIRI SHAWL: FROM JAMAVAR TO PAISLEY-A BOOK REVIEW

THE KASHMIRI SHAWL: FROM JAMAVAR TO PAISLEY-A BOOK REVIEW   The following book review I wrote for Hali Magazine, May/June edition 2006. This is the unedited version. The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar to Paisley, by Sherry Rehman and Naheed Jafri. Antique Collectors’Club, UK and Mapin Pub. Ahmedabad, 430 color plates, 378…

A Unique Kashmir Shawl at the Guimet Museum

This Article is from the October 2007 Orientations Magazine, whose edition features articles written by the co-curators of the current exhibition at Asia Society on Park ave, The Arts of Kashmir, which runs until 6 January 2008. A Unique Mughal Kashmir Shawl at the Musée Guimet by Frank Ames A…

Stupa Shawl Analysis

  Kashmir shawl, 17th century Mughal India, wool: fine pashmina; weave: twill tapestry woven all in one piece; size: 52 inches by 129 inches. This long shawl, known as dochalla, is woven with a large open, undecorated field of light brown, very fine pashmina. The decorated extremities (pallas) are patterned…