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The pattern of the Orenburg shawl on the postage stamp. Russian Post, 2013.. The Orenburg shawl is a Russian knitted lace textile using goat down and stands as one of the classic symbols of Russian handicraft, along with Tula samovars, the Matrioshka doll, Khokhloma painting, Gzhel ceramics, the Palekh miniature, Vologda lace, Dymkovo toys, Rostov finift (enamel), and Ural malachite.
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An Azerbaijani bride with an engagement shawl Maxida Märak wearing a traditional Saami wool shawl onstage at Riddu Riđđu 2019. A shawl (from Persian: شال shāl, [1]) is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head.
Square Paisley shawl of ca 1830 1860s ambrotype of an unnamed British veteran and his wife; the woman is wrapped in a Paisley shawl. Paisley shawls were a fashionable item of women's clothing in Europe during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many were made of intricately woven and delicate wool, as well as examples being printed ...
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This exquisite shawl was once coveted by Mughal Kings, Sikh Maharajas and British Aristocrats. The Ain-i-Akbari records that Emperor Akbar was an avid collector of Kani shawls. While the name 'Kani' comes from the area where this particular artisans come from, Kanihama, the word 'Kani' - in Kashmiri - also means a small wooden oblong spool.
The Kashmir shawl, the predecessor of the contemporary cashmere shawl, is a type of shawl identified by its distinctive Kashmiri weave and for being made of fine shahtoosh or pashmina wool. Contemporary variants include the pashmina and shahtoosh shawls (often mononymously referred to simply as the pashmina and shahtoosh ).