Jamavar shawls age back to the 18th and 19th century. Over the years these Master Craftsmen have evolved various new techniques to recreate each piece which is unique. They create with inimitable delicacy of warp and weft, of material and design, the legendary beauty of the Jamavar shawls from Kashmir.
The 100% coverage of Shawl with extensive hand embroidery creates the famed Jamavar shawl. The embroidery technique differs from a single stitch called a Sozni stitch to a papermachie stitch.
The Paper machie stitch involves the use of more color and filing of a motif with fine embroidery, where by a motif depicts the effect of shading. This too is as time consuming and it is only this extreme mastery of these highly skilled craftsmen,who create these matchless wonders.
The embroidery patterns for generations have been influenced by nature. Over the years the motifs evolved being influenced by European patterns which converted the traditional Badam shape to the curvilinear elongated Paisley shape.
The intricacy and detailing of the design takes a craftsmen a minimum of a year to complete the entire shawl.
Description
Kashmiri Shawl is rooted in a complex tradition of craft that goes back at least five hundred years. Its uniqueness lies in a combination of factors that have made it virtually impossible to duplicate this product anywhere else in the world.
Pashmina has been termed as the finest Fabric known to the world and the art of embellishing it with fine Kashmiri embroidery does not just create masterpieces of textiles but “Art” in the form of a drapable textile. An art which survived generations primarily on Royal patronage, and till this date these are creations for a connoisseur.
Border shawls, have a placement of the design of equal width running around the four sides of the shawl.
A Palledar shawl has the placement of the design which is much broader at the two ends/ Pallas of the shawl and a narrow pattern running along the length.
The Embroidery in these shawls is done in either of the traditional Kashmiri stitches. Since generations, Kashmiri embroidery is done in two kinds of stitches, Sozni/ Paper machie stitch. Based on the design and final look of the embroidery, the stich to be used is chosen. Each of these stitches have a charm of their own with a specific character.
