A Kashmiri pashmina Kani shawl in the jamawar style, handwoven in Kashmir with the pattern carried across the whole field of the cloth.
What Kani means
Kani is one of Kashmir's traditional shawl techniques. The pattern is not printed or embroidered onto the cloth; it is built into the weave itself, colour by colour, using small wooden bobbins called kanis, each wound with a different shade, following a written pattern called the talim. Kani vs sozni, explained.
Jamawar
Jamawar means the pattern covers the field edge to edge rather than sitting only in the borders and end panels, so there is no plain ground to weave quickly: every part of the shawl is pattern.
The base
Woven on a Kashmiri pashmina base, softer and finer than our Everyday Kani, which is the reason for the difference in price. How we test pashmina.
Details
- Kani weave, pattern woven in on the loom, not embroidered
- Jamawar: full-field pattern
- Kashmiri pashmina
- Approx. 40" × 80"
- Dry clean only
- Handwoven in Kashmir
Each Kani is one of a kind. Handwoven cloth varies slightly and small irregularities are the signature of hand work, not a fault. Colours may differ slightly from the photographs depending on your screen.
Ships in Attan's branded box with a thank-you card, ready to gift.
