Kani Jamawar Shawl Handwoven Paisley Wrap 100% Cashmere Pashmina

Description

Kani are the original kashmiri shawls, masterpieces, responsible for the love affair that has been going on for centuries. Due to automation, complexity and time needed to produce a fine shawl their production has gone down significantly over the past 150 years. Today, though not obsolete, they are very rare, and there is only a limited number of weavers dedicated to their production.

Size: 40 inch x 80 inch (100 cm x 200 cm)
Quality: Finest Quality 100% Cashmere Pashmina
Origin: Kashmir, INDIA.

About Kani Shawls

As late as the 18th century, jamavar shawls from India were hand woven using different color bobbins called kanis, hence derived the name known as “kani ” shawls. The name was sign of highest ranking jamavar shawls. Now the hand weaving of that type of intricately designed jamavar shawl is no longer commercially viable, since one shawl would take a craftsman weaver months or years, to complete. Now Kani Jamavar shawls today are made on automated jacquard looms by us and is liked by all due to rare craftsmanship which is difficult to replicate though many try to copy us.

We have developed a technique to more closely replicate these intricate crisp multicolor motifs of the original kani jamavar shawls. Surprisingly it sells in market as Kani shawl the original, so developed is the technique.

We make this modern kani jamavar shawls on special jacquard looms but are significantly different from the regular known jacquard jamavar shawls sold in market. Here, the kani shawls’ motifs are more intricately define and is distinguished by a larger number of colors than a jacquard jamavar. .

As kani shawl will usually incorporate a large number of colors the weft threads on a kani shawl are carried along as floats on the back side of the shawl and are only woven in when their colors are required. When the weaving is finished, the float threads are cut away by hand. This hand cutting is a time consuming process delicate one and add to a shawl’s cost.

Kani shawls vary in price, depending on the number of colors used and the detailing of their motifs. Shawls with the most dense, intricate, and crisply defined motifs are more costly.