Pashmīnā

Pashmīnā

shawls of Kashmir.

shawls of Kashmir. The shawls of Kashmir are famous since the nineteenth century fashion for late Ming. ‘Elegant’ European women are still wearing them, the pashmînā wool comes from the goat indigenous to the Himalayas, the shawls are mainly manufactured in Srinagar, Kashmir.

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