KASHMIRI SHAWLS ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUMS OF EUROPE AND USA

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KASHMIRI SHAWLS ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUMS OF EUROPE AND USA

(1) Map Shawl in Pashmina from Kashmir embroidered with pashmina relating to Year 1870 on display inside Victoria and Albert Museum, London.. Gifted to Museum by of Mrs. Estelle Fuller through the Art Fund.

(2) A-Unique-Kashmir Pashmina Shawl relating to 19th century at-the-Guimet-Museum-Paris.

(3) Fragment of a Kashmir Shawl from late 18th century on display at Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.

Sometime in the late 18th century or early 19th century ,Kashmir shawls captured market in France and England where it was known as Cashmere Shawl and was popular in Aristocratic families.Even Josephine Bonaparte (Napoleon's wife) wore a Cashmere Pashmina Shawl. Josephine had a collection of 60 kashmiri shawls. Emperor Akbar and Ottoman Royals also wore kashmiri shawls. Royals in princely states of undivided India wore kashmiri shawls. I have personally seen expensive Kashmiri shawls in various museums all over India.

British Officers were more than happy to receive a kashmiri Pashmina shawl as Nazraana from Indian royals. Even Article 10 of the Treaty of Amritsar signed in 1846 required Maharaja Ghulab Singh to present three pairs or 6 Pashmina shawls annually to British Government. In nineteenth century, a kashmiri shawl could be seen in Iraq, Turkey and Egypt.

So Many museums in Europe and USA have old and exquisite kashmir shawls on display. Through these museums. the wonders created by kashmiri artisans have become known all over the world.

( Avtar Mota )

                                                      

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