The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar to Paisley

The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar to Paisley
ISBN-10
1851495061
ISBN-13
9781851495061
Category
Art
Pages
378
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Authors
Sherry Rehman, Naheed Jafri

Description

The Kashmiri Shawl is the story of this textile re-told through the prism of a South Asian perspective. The book realigns the design of symbolism and technical evolution of the shawl to indigenous sources by emphasizing areas previously ignored in earlier histories. The shawl's origins in Kashmir, the rich vein of patronage it thrived on, its changing ornamental face, its regional variations in Persia and Punjab, its enormous impact on the European imagination, all combine to form a narrative shaped to engage both the general reader and the specialist.

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