ANTIQUE JAMAWAR "HANDWOVEN JEWELS" OF KASHMIR
From the earliest times to the present, shawls have been part of the great tradition of Indian textile. Antique Kashmir shawls were famed throughout the world as the luxurious merchandise of kings and emperors. The fame of the Kashmiri shawl sprung from the type known as kani, or twill-tapestry weaving.
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The superb skill of creating Kani shawls by hand is extinct now though the attempts are being made to revive those skills in Kanihama near Srinagar, it is certain that the technical excellence of former times and the fineness of those shawls can never be replicated.
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Received depth knowledge from warp to weft of these shawls from our ancestors through the generations, we expertise in Repair, Restoration and Customization of Antique Kashmir shawls and revive the lost heritage.
DO-RUKHA ANTIQUE
JAMAWAR
The Dorukha also known as double-sided, two-faced or reversible are Antique kashmir shawls that have been known for their unique combination of twill-tapestry weave and embroidery that provide the wearer of two different sides. These shawls are pleasure to watch and rare to find.
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Contact us to exhibit our collection of rare Antique Jamawar shawls.
RESTORING ANTIQUE JAMAWAR FROM GENERATIONS
We work on conservation and restoration of Antique Jamawar Shawls of kashmir, Services we gracefully offer are :
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Dry Cleaning
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Wet Cleaning
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Steaming and Ironing
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Mending and Darning
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Extracting small size shawl from a larger one
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Joining fragments
ANTIQUE KANI LONG SHAWL
These exquisite shawls have history of 300 years, they were coveted by Mughal Kings, Sikh Maharajas and British Aristocrats.
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Kani Shawls are housed in world's finest museums like Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the department of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Contact us to exhibit our collection of rare Antique Kani Jamawar shawls.
