{"product_id":"palladar-ek-rukh-ring-shawl-black-rose-gold","title":"Fine Pashmina Ek Rukh Ring (Palladar) Shawl — Black \u0026 Rose Gold","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA fine Kashmiri pashmina ring shawl (Palladar) in black, woven with a self-coloured paisley pattern through the ground and finished at each end with a broad panel of large curling paisleys in rose, gold, saffron and lilac, closed by a row of coloured blocks at the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe name comes from the test. A Palladar is a shawl fine enough to be drawn whole through a finger ring — and that is only possible when the pashmina has been hand-spun on a charkha to a thread so fine it is barely visible against the light. Spinners who do this work have often done nothing else for decades. The weaving that follows is just as slow, because yarn this fine breaks if the loom is pushed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEk Rukh — woven on one face\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKashmiri weavers distinguish between \u003cem\u003edo-rukha\u003c\/em\u003e, worked so the pattern reads on both faces of the cloth, and \u003cem\u003eek rukh\u003c\/em\u003e — one face. This shawl is ek rukh, and on a Palladar that is the correct choice rather than the lesser one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePatterning both faces at this density would have doubled the weight of the end panels and ended the ring test for good. Working one face keeps the cloth light enough to remain a true Palladar while still carrying a full colour design — you get the ornament and the fineness together, which a do-rukha piece at this scale cannot give you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ring test\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe base cloth is the same ultra-fine pashmina as our plain ring shawls, so this shawl will pass through a ring — but draw it through slowly. The ek rukh panel is denser than the plain ground and can catch if it is rushed. We would rather tell you that than let you find out. Fed through gently, it goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBlack with rose gold is the most ornamental combination we stock at this level — restrained across the body, and then unmistakably formal at the ends. It is a wedding and evening piece above all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUltra-fine hand-spun Kashmiri pashmina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandwoven ring shawl — passes through a finger ring when drawn slowly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-coloured paisley ground with broad \u003cem\u003eek rukh\u003c\/em\u003e (single-face) woven end panels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApprox. 40\" × 80\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry clean only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandwoven in Kashmir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHand-spun yarn varies slightly along its length; the faint unevenness you can see against the light is the signature of hand work, not a fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShips in Attan's branded box with a thank-you card, ready to gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Attan Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53836381946150,"sku":"ATT-PAL-BLKR-003","price":35000.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0919\/4458\/3462\/files\/IMG_2719.jpg?v=1788896253","url":"https:\/\/www.attanstore.com\/products\/palladar-ek-rukh-ring-shawl-black-rose-gold","provider":"Attan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}