A fine Kashmiri pashmina ring shawl (Palladar) in deep cocoa brown, self-patterned across its entire length with paisley and flowering vine woven in the same colour, and finished at each end with a broad band of tall paisleys on a periwinkle-blue ground in rust, apricot, plum and cream, closed by a plain taupe panel.
The name comes from the test. A Palladar is a shawl fine enough to be drawn whole through a finger ring — the traditional proof of fine Kashmiri pashmina. Yarn this fine breaks if the loom is pushed, so the weaving is slow and careful.
A field that is fully patterned, in one colour
Most ring shawls are woven plain, because pattern adds weight. This one is patterned across every inch — but tonally, brown on brown, so the paisley is built into the cloth rather than laid on it in colour. From a distance the shawl reads as plain cocoa, and only up close does the whole field resolve into paisley.
Brown and blue
The band is the thing to look at. A cool blue ground under warm paisleys can fight on many shawls. Against cocoa it does the opposite — brown takes periwinkle without either colour going muddy, and the rust and apricot inside the paisleys pull back toward the field so the whole band still belongs to the shawl.
Beyond the band the cloth returns to plain taupe, which frames the design and stops it from running off the edge.
Details
- Ultra-fine Kashmiri pashmina
- Handwoven ring shawl — passes through a finger ring
- Self-patterned cocoa field with woven periwinkle and rust paisley end bands
- Plain taupe end panels with fringed edge
- Approx. 40" × 80"
- Dry clean only
- Handwoven in Kashmir
Handwoven cloth varies very slightly along its length; any faint unevenness you can see against the light is the mark of the handloom, not a fault.
Ships in Attan's branded box with a thank-you card, ready to gift.
