kashmir paisley

kashmir paisley

Shawls were the essential accessory from the 1780’s until the 1870’s. From Kashmir came pashmina or goat’s hair shawls and from the British Isles, Europe and Russia imitation woven and printed examples. Beautiful and historically fascinating with stunning designs. Some are strong enough for occasional wear or display.Pashmina shawls are of the highest quality made from the pashmina goat from Kashmir, India. Its fleece has been used for thousands of years to make the highest quality of shawls called pashminas. Cashmere or Kashmir shawls were of a very soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat.Shawls of Paisley design were in fashion for nearly 100 years, from around 1780 until the 1870?s. During this time millions were woven, embroidered and printed in Kashmir, Persia, India, Russia, USA and Europe, in France at Paris and Lyon, Austria in Vienna, in England at Norwich and in Scotland at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paisley itself. It was the woven Kashmir shawls which first caught women’s imagination, with European manufacturers quick to emulate by weaving or printing. Paisley produced shawls the most economically and for the longest period, the name becoming synonymous with the place of manufacture.