{"product_id":"palladar-ek-rukh-ring-shawl-stone-grey-turquoise-paisley","title":"Fine Pashmina Ek Rukh Ring (Palladar) Shawl — Stone Grey \u0026 Turquoise Paisley","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA fine Kashmiri pashmina ring shawl (Palladar) in a pale stone grey, self-patterned edge to edge with a fine scrolling vine woven in the same colour, and finished at each end with a deep panel of tall curving paisleys in turquoise, teal, saffron, claret and olive, closed by a row of small 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\u003eGrey and turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTurquoise is the hardest colour to place in a Kashmiri border. On red or black it goes cold; on cream it goes sweet. On a grey ground it does what it is supposed to do — it reads as the blue of enamel or of old tilework, with the claret and saffron warming it from inside. This is the only cool-toned piece in the range, and the reason to own it is that it sits with denim, charcoal and every shade of blue in a way none of the warm grounds will.\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, and the one honest difference\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe base cloth is exactly the same ultra-fine pashmina as our plain ring shawls. There is only one difference between the two, and it is on the reverse: a plain ring shawl has a clean back with nothing to snag, and this one has loose threads across the back of the end panels where each colour turns at the end of its run. Those threads are the whole reason the front carries a design in full colour, and they are also the only thing that can catch. So yes, it passes through a ring — draw it slowly and let the panels feed. We would rather tell you that than let you find out.\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-patterned stone grey ground with deep \u003cem\u003eek rukh\u003c\/em\u003e (single-face) woven paisley end panels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoose threads across the reverse of the panels — inherent to ek rukh weaving, not a fault\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApprox. 40\" × 80\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry clean only — pale grounds mark easily, so store folded and away from direct light\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","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53844051656998,"sku":"ATT-PAL-STN-011","price":35000.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0919\/4458\/3462\/files\/739870d3-3a49-4721-8ac3-72bd037807bd.jpg?v=1788958563","url":"https:\/\/www.attanstore.com\/products\/palladar-ek-rukh-ring-shawl-stone-grey-turquoise-paisley","provider":"Attan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}