For a long time, however, Kashmir shawls that were made in India excelled the Iranian shawls because they were made of better quality in the early years of the Qajar dynasty (1789-1925), according to ...

KARACHI: For Asad Ayub of the National Art Corner, which sells everything from Mughal-inspired paintings to pashmina shawls, “There are no new designs as far as shawls are concerned. The designs are ...

SRINAGAR: Throughout the long years of fighting in the occupied Kashmir, craftsmen like Abdul Kabeer have survived by embroidering Kashmiri shawls that are prized worldwide for their rich texture and ...

Shahroz Khan, a shawl enthusiast, and the proud owner of AKC Handicrafts talks to us about his favourite shawls and even shares tips to preserve these valuable pieces How/when did you get interested ...

A Kashmiri winter, a blanket of snow—the whiteness of the landscape reflects the bleak black-and-white starkness of the times for people like Owais Ahmad Baba, 30, a fourth-generation craftsman and ...

From the luxurious pashm fibre derived from animals of the Himalayas to the exquisitely woven Kashmiri carpets and the indigenous embroidery styles such as aari and sozni at play on sarees and shawls, ...

Woven from the fine fleece of the Capra Hircus, a Kashmiri mountain goat, the prized Cashmere shawl is light and warm, of gossamer softness and unsurpassed elegance. In times of yore, shepherds ...