Prismatic Hand embroidered Vintage Pashmina Shawl

Name: Prismatic Hand embroidered Vintage Pashmina Shawl
Brand: Pashmina.com
SKU: PASHEM161
Price: 1499 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

$1,499

Time taken to craft - 6 Months

100% Cashmere

Handwoven & Hand embroidered

Certified Authenticity

Ethical & Sustainable

Shipped within 48 Hours

Color: Beige

Size: 80in x 40in/2m x 1m

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Why we Love it

A simple piece of colourful accessory it might look like, but this piece has been a prized possession of royalty since centuries. Kashmiri Pashmina shawls once kept nobles, queens and empresses swooning upon its perfectly planned alignment of warp and wefts, and made the hands that made them, the most revered ones. Depicting scenic marvels and efflorescent gardens from the valley itself, the artisans have made this piece a world of its own. To give the shawl a vintage feel, it has further been hand embroidered in gaudy threads of wool.

Handwoven in Kashmir
Hand Embroidered in Kashmir
100% Grade A Cashmere
Guaranteed Authenticity
Complimentary Luxury Gift Box
Complimentary Worldwide Shipping

The Exquisite Craftsmanship

It sometimes so happens that a Pashmina shawl is covered in large motifs with wide spaces to be filled with embroidery, for example, a flower petal, a leaf, a full paisley and more. In such embroidery patterns, filling a larger space would be cumbersome and time consuming if done with a delicate, fine thread. And here is when an artisan brings Papier Mache embroidery into play.

What is Papier Mache: As the name suggests, the embroidery derives its nomenclature from the ancient art of Papier Mache (where waste paper is transformed to breathtakingly beautiful hand painted articles) because of the similarity of their looks. And as the reflection of one beautiful craft mirrors over the other, the embroidery looks absolutely magnificent over a Pashmina shawl.

While embroidering a Pashmina shawl in Papier Mache embroidery, there a few steps to be followed:

Choosing a block for design: A finely carved walnut wood block acts as a stamp, to lay the base for the design over the shawl. Blocks are different for borders and centre of a shawl. It takes a lot of time to choose from amongst a hundred such blocks which have been carved by masterly walnut wood carvers.

Stamping the shawl: An expert craftsman carefully places the chosen block dipped in ink over the shawl on the desired place.

Embroidering the shawl: This imprinted shawl is sent to embroidery experts who choose multi coloured satin threads for a brighter effect. When a motif is completed, it is outlined with another thread so as to make it appear more prominent.

Guaranteed Quality

We appreciate that you expect the finest quality of Pashmina from us. So we follow a stringent quality-testing approach on every single piece that we produce. Our Pashminas go through an inflexible testing procedure at the Craft Development Institute (CDI) of Srinagar, the only fully-focused Pashmina lab in India. After testing our Pashminas come with lab reports, fibre tests, name of product and artisan and product life and durability.

We guarantee the purity and authenticity of our products. We are 100% sure about our products being handwoven from pure Cashmere yarn. If you are not satisfied with the product, or if it is proven that any of our claims are false, you can easily return it to us with a full refund.

Fair Trade & Sustainable

In the modern era where fast fashion has become a whirring concept, people have compromised with low quality, instant production, and accepted degradation that it causes to the environment. To lower the harmful impact of fast fashion fads on the planet, Pashmina.com produces environment friendly, sustainable wraps that last for generations. Our products are made from natural Cashmere fibre, dyed with nontoxic dyes and use water conservation methods for the final wash.

In addition to taking care of the environment, Pashmina.com makes sure that products are handcrafted by artisans who use traditional artisan skills and organic Cashmere yarn to produce ethereal pieces. As a mark of honour and a token of gratitude, we donate 5% of our proceeds to the artisan community to improve their livelihood and standards of living.