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Kashmir Paisley Shawl has been characterized by the boteh (or buta, meaning flower in India) , the principal motif with which the Paisley Shawl is associated. This repetitive curvilinear shape has been known by many names since its first appearance on Paisley Shawls in the eighteenth century including paisley, pine cone and mango. The development of the Kashmir Paisley Shawl is closely related to the development of the boteh motif; the motif’s different forms express different periods in the Paisley Shawl’s development. It began in the Mogul period as the flowering plant (‘floral’ boteh) , evolved into a slightly abstract representation of flowers (‘semi floral’ boteh) and then developed during the Afghan period into a more stylized curvilinear representation of foliage and flowers rising to a vertex at the top (‘cone’ boteh). By the middle of the nineteenth century, under the Sikhs, it had developed into an extremely stylized form of sweeping(‘sweeping’ boteh) sinuous curves far removed from any resemblance of nature’s flora.
The Kashmir Paisley Shawl Collection is all about the ‘boteh’ design that Kashmir Paisley Shawls are famously associated with. Hand embroidered on 100% Kashmir wool, all shawls in this collection have a myriad of paisley designs ranging from the simple to the very complex using naturally colored bright threads that further emphasize the beauty of this famous motif.
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