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The ring test is in the photos above: a genuine Palladar passes whole through a finger ring, and this is one of ours.
A fine Kashmiri pashmina ring shawl (Palladar) in deep graphite — a charcoal so dark it reads as black until the light moves across it — self-patterned along its whole length with a lattice of paisley medallions woven in the same colour, and finished at each end with a broad woven palla of large curling paisleys.
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.
Two ends, two palettes
The unusual thing about this shawl is that the two pallas are not the same. One end is worked on a saffron-gold ground with paisleys in red, coral, lilac and turquoise; the other is worked on turquoise and lilac with the same paisleys in reverse, warm on cool instead of cool on warm.
It is a deliberate choice rather than a mistake: the same design reads two ways, and for the wearer one shawl behaves like two, depending on which end you let fall at the front.
A ground that is patterned, not plain
Most ring shawls are woven plain, because pattern adds weight. This one is self-patterned across its whole length — tonally, graphite on graphite — so the paisley medallions are built into the cloth rather than laid on it in colour. From a distance the field reads as plain dark grey; up close the whole lattice appears.
Graphite is the reason both pallas work. On true black the turquoise end would go cold and the gold end would shout; on a grey-black neither does.
Details
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.
Size: approximately 40″ × 80″ (100 × 200 cm). One size, unstitched, with the natural fringe left as the loom made it.
Long enough to wrap twice, drape over one shoulder, or wear open over a formal outfit. Every piece is finished by hand, so measurements can vary by an inch or so.
Fine Kashmiri pashmina. Handwoven in Kashmir, and fine enough that the finished shawl passes whole through a finger ring. Nothing is printed; every pattern is woven in.
Dry clean only. Between wears, air the shawl flat in shade for an hour; never hang it by one corner. Store folded in the box it came in, or in a cotton bag with a cedar block. Do not iron directly; if it creases, steam it through a cotton cloth. Put perfume on before the shawl, never onto it.
Free delivery across Pakistan by courier, usually in 3–5 working days. We send you the courier tracking on WhatsApp once it is dispatched.
Cash on delivery is available everywhere we ship. We confirm every order with you on WhatsApp before it is packed, so nothing is dispatched that you did not ask for.
Pay online and save Rs 1,000 on every shawl with code PREPAID at checkout (bank transfer). Two shawls, Rs 2,000 off.
10-day exchange. If the colour is not what you hoped, message us within 10 days of delivery and exchange it for another piece, in the condition it arrived, unworn and unwashed. If a piece arrives damaged or is not what you ordered, we refund or replace it in full. Full exchange and refund policy.
Gift-boxed in Attan's corrugated box with a thank-you card on every shawl from Rs 12,500; lighter pieces ship in branded packaging.
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