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What a gorgeous dreamy read that takes readers through Wales, India, Pakistan and Switzerland. The Kashmir Shawl spans two timelines. One story takes place in Kashmir during World War II while the modern storyline takes place in present day in Wales and then in India. Although the narrative drags in spots, and Nair’s anticlimactic investigation is less compelling than Nerys’ adventures, this is a finely wrought story of emotional and geographical displacement.
Summary and reviews of The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas Summary and reviews of The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
Mair's story is interwoven with that of the newly married Nerys, her trials and tribulations as a somewhat reluctant missionary's wife in remote areas of Kashmir, and then more exciting times in lakeside Srinagar, with new friendships and relationships that come about. The portrayals of different marriages and extra-marital relationships are very effectively portrayed, with the constraints and different perspectives of the times playing their part. I found all the characters very believable. Mair discovers a gorgeous shawl amongst her father's things after his passing and realizes it belonged to her grandmother. It's evident that the shawl is precious and very expensive. Her parents were missionaries in India during World War II, so she decides to go to India to see if she can learn more about her grandmother and her family's past. What follows is a fascinating tale of travel, adventure and the truest of friendships set amongst some of the most gorgeous landscapes in the world. Having travelled to Kashmir several times in my early 20s, I fell in love with the people and the artistic beauty of shawl-making. Your passion for bringing these Kashmir shawls online is truly commendable.” -JA, Logan, Utah Wrapping yourself with any of our designer Kashmir Shawls is dressing to Silk shawls with fringes, made in China, were available by the first decade of the 19th century. Ones with embroidery and fringes were available in Europe and the Americas by 1820. These were called China crêpe shawls or China shawls, and in Spain mantones de Manila because they were shipped to Spain from China via the port of Manila. The importance of these shawls in fashionable women's wardrobes declined between 1865 and 1870 in Western culture. However, they became part of folk dress in a number of places including Germany, the Near East, various parts of Latin America, and Spain where they became a part of Romani ( gitana) dress especially in Andalusia and Madrid. These embroidered items were revived in the 1920s under the name of Spanish shawls. Their use as part of the costume of the lead in the opera Carmen contributed to the association of the shawls with Spain rather than China. Our Kashmir Shawls & Scarves are more than just diamonds - these are timeless pieces of Fashion-Art that will make your significant other FEEL beautiful, luxurious and confident.The outlines of the design are further touched up and emphasized with silk or woollen thread of different colours run round the finer details; the stitch used for this is at an angle overlapping darn stitch, all the stitches used are so minute and fine that individually they can be seen with the unaided eye only with difficulty. When Pashmina wool is used for the embroidery work, it is made to blend so intimately with the texture of the basic shawl material that it would be difficult to insert even a fine needle between the embroidery stitches and the basic fabric. Depending on their condition, some shawls can be worn while others are best left for admiring — an old or fragile shawl or fragment can be hung on the wall in a frame or a stretcher. The Art of Asian Costume: An Exhibition Presented at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery, November 13 to December 23, 1988. The Gallery. 1989. p.34. ISBN 9780824813802.
The Kashmir Shawl – HarperCollins Publishers UK
I loved this book. The writing is gorgeous. I found myself rereading passages to savor the words. That is, until I got caught up in the story! Now I am planning to reread the book so I can appreciate the writing skill that is so evident. I really recommend this as a Historical read, so very interesting. Even when Mair goes there, there is fighting between the Hindu's and the Muslims. So very sad.In truth, there aren’t any circumstances too big or small to wear one of our exclusive shawls or scarves and make a dramatic impact – whether it’s at the local coffeehouse or the next big gala event... The floral design appears in a heavy, close embroidery-like weave in dull silk or soft pashmina (Persian, meaning "woolen"), and usually comprises small or large flowers delicately sprayed and combined; some shawls have net-like patterns with floral ensemble motifs in them. Still another type of Kashmir shawl is the double-sided Dourukha (Persian, meaning "having two faces"), a woven shawl that is so done as to produce the same effect on both sides. This is a unique piece of craftsmanship, in which a multi-coloured schematic pattern is woven all over the surface, and after the shawl is completed, the rafugar (expert embroiderer) works the outlines of the motifs in darker shades to bring into relief the beauty of design. This attractive mode of craftsmanship not only produces a shawl which is reversible because of the perfect workmanship on both sides, but it combines the crafts of both weaving and embroidery and religious beliefs expressed in different shawls.
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