Kashmiri Kanni Pashmina Jamavar

Original pashmina is just pure Cashmere yarn, handmade into wraps or outfits. Pure yarn acquired from spinning is traditionally handwoven over a classic loom and transformed to shawls, scarves, stoles, and more. It is later hand embroidered by master embroiderers and sold at well-deserved high prices. 

Authentic Pashmina is exceptionally soft, warm, and feathery light. It is for these qualities that once Pashmina art reigned as the most supreme art.

Pashmina in and outside Kashmir

The Pashmina industry reached its zenith under the Mughal rule. Mughal rulers were completely fascinated by Pashmina art and owned large pieces of the same. This imperial patronage led to Pashmina art being famous all over the world, especially when Mughal rulers gave foreign delegates gifts in Pashmina only. In the 18th century, Pashmina reached Europe and became an accessory of high fashion. The great conqueror and monarch Napoleon gifted his wife, Empress Josephine, a few pieces of Kani shawls. The empress was so impressed that she ordered a few hundred Pashmina shawls in her entire lifetime which further made Pashmina a regal fashion statement in Europe. There was such a furor of Pashmina all over the world that now local markets started making copies of Pashmina in their hometown. The most famous amongst these was Scotland, which invented the paisley motif over Pashmina shawls, and called them Paisley shawls. Hence Pashmina became a well-known art all over the world, which gave Kashmir a high stature that it had never acquired before. Visitors used to come straight to artisans and buy handmade beauties. They wouldn’t even negotiate the high prices and pay any amount that the sellers asked