Product description:
- 100% hand woven cashmere
- dimensions: 965 x 198
Kaani is a shawl woven with bobbins or twigs (kaani in the Kashmiri language) on a double twilled loom. Each luxurious and intricate shawl can take up to 2 years on the loom to finish. Merchant Campbell is proud and honoured to be able to offer one of these exclusive shawls, made by a few of the remaining handful of weavers who are masters of this technique.
The design of this shawl is rooted in traditional motifs, but with a contemporary touch.
Made from the rarest and finest cashmere, using weaving techniques and arts from the 15th century Persia, a shawl like this is like no other. It is the definition of wearing something pure and magical. And just like the techniques used the make this shawl have been passed down through the generations, the shawl itself will also be something to pass down, from one generation to the next.
The particular technique used here to create this beautiful heirloom was born and nurtured in the Kashmiri town of Kanihama, and closely resembles the weaving technique of elaborate tapestries. The designs are first colour-coded and then woven over the pashmina warp with the help of bobbins, each bobbin representing a different colour. The bobbins are then interwoven with each other and the warp to bring to life beautiful floral, traditional or contemporary designs. Each shawl can take up to 2 years on the loom to finish. Merchant Campbell is super proud to help employ a few of the remaining handful of weavers who are are still able to produce shawls of the highest quality completely by hand.
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