Extremely pretty natural undyed hand-loomed and hand-woven cashmere pashmina, the inspiration for the design is the 'Love of Anarkali', beautiful large bunches of flowers embroidered in pastel colours of pinks, yellow, lilac, and orange. Anarkali means pomegranate blossom, and in India is a word used to describe beautiful women. The design is inspired by the flowering pomegranates of the Kullu Valley in the Himalayas. The embroidery would have taken approximately eight months to complete.

The raw pashmina wool is collected from private herds of Changthani goats in Leh, Ladakh where temperatures can reach minus 35 degrees during winter in this cold desert region of the Himalayas. The cashmere is washed, carded, and de-haired. De-hairing is the process of removing the guard hair (thick hair) from the pashmina fibres so that only the finest hairs remain. The cashmere from this region is considered amongst the best in the world, it is combed from the chest and underbelly of the goats. and is light and warm with amazing insulating properties, the fibres are extremely fine, varying between 9 - 16 microns.
The baby soft pashmina is then spun by hand converting the soft fibre into an ultrafine yarn that even modern technology would struggle to achieve. Hand spinning is a traditional craft in Kashmir.

Each pashmina is handled with great care and worked on by skilled individuals using traditional crafts and hand processes.

The shawl will be supplied with a book entitled 'The Kashmir Shawl', which will create a backdrop for you of the 'landscape and lives' where these shawls are created.

Composition: Grade 'A' 100% Cashmere,  originates from Ladakh

Size: 100 x  214 cm,  Weight: 295 gms

Care: Needs to be professionally cleaned.