The Journal
Guides to buying, recognising and caring for Kashmiri silk carpets, Pashmina and heirloom crafts — written with the artisans who make them.
Seven practical checks to tell a real hand-knotted Kashmiri silk carpet from a machine-made or art-silk imitation — the back, the fringe, knot count, silk, GI tag and price.
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What genuine Kashmiri Pashmina is, where it comes from, and how to tell it from blends and imitations — feel, weave, warmth, the ring test myth and the GI tag.
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A guide to Kashmiri papier-mâché — the two stages of sakhtsazi and naqashi, the classic designs from Hazaar Posh to Chinar and Mughal darbar, and how to spot genuine hand-painted work.
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Practical care for heirloom textiles: placing, rotating, cleaning and storing a hand-knotted silk carpet, and washing, folding and protecting a Pashmina shawl.
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