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Craftsmanship and Excellence
While the origin of scarves in the world can
be traced back more than 700 years, it's not confirmed to
say when and where and by whom the first shawl was made.
The origins of shawl manufacture with the great figures of
Kashmiri history Saint Sayed Ali Hamdani, the noble King
Zain-Ul-Ahadin and introduction of pashmina in the market
by Mirza Haidar in early 14th Century.
It was Zain-Ul-Ahadin in mid 14th century who introduced
the art of weaving in the valley and patterns on the woven
shawls, the Embroidered Shawl was the creation of a
raffogar called Alibaba, it's said Alibaba once noticed
the imprint of a fowl's feet left on a white sheet and he
proceeded to embroider the out line with colour thread to
beauty the effect, thus the shawls with embroider was
introduced. Silk thread is used for embroidery. The
Craftsman has to twist the raw silk as per the requirement
and size of needle hole, such is the intricacy of fabric
and embroider that it effect the vision of the craftsman
and some embroidered shawls takes 2 to 4 years time to
complete. The first account comes from the Mughals period.
The king Akbari indicates that by the 16th Century the
Kashmir shawl Industry was an old and well established one.
His Majesty encourage in every possible way, the manufacturer
of shawls in Kashmir. Fabrics Bernier describe in the late
17th Century, which leaves no doubts that he is referring to
the same pashmina shawls that become famous as Kashmir (Cashmire)
Shawls, It became a garment of high fashion, the style being
set by Empress Joscphine after she received Kashmir shawls as
gift from Napoleon.
The scarves became a habit to the
wardrobe of every fashionable women in Europe, particularly in
France. The Industry Flourished during this period. The
Industry suffered through the reign of afghan and then seikh
rule, a highly unskilled period of Kashmir history, during
this time all craft declined , but during Maharaja Ranbir
Singh time late 18th Century the trade picked up and then with
the exhibition of shawls in early 19th Century by Major Stuart
H. Godjrcy in European market helped to create awareness for
kashmiri shawls over again in the world.
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