Earth-Red Stole from Kashmir with Aari Hand-Embroidered Lotuses

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Kashmiri shawls make for a distinctive statement - true connoisseurs of fashion would know it with a single glance at your style, while the rest of the heads around you would turn in your direction more than once. This pure woollen shawl is a fine example of regional fashion - the red of the foundation is an intense red, set off by the pastel colours of the lotuses embroidered on the foreground. The needlework in question is called ari, an endemic technique that has been preserved int he valley by generation after generation of master craftspeople. Note how the motifs, in the glory of their resplendent foliage, grows denser towards the tasselled and cutworked edges, adding to this number a world of personality.