Fine Pashmina Ring (Palladar) Shawl — Fawn with Black Paisley Pallas

A fine Kashmiri pashmina ring shawl (Palladar) in soft fawn, its field woven with a tone-on-tone lattice of paisley medallions, and finished at each end with a palla of five large paisleys worked almost entirely in black and deep brown. The name comes from the test. A Palladar is a shawl fine enough to be drawn whole through a finger ring — the traditional proof of fine Kashmiri pashmina. Yarn this fine breaks if the loom is pushed, so the weaving is slow and careful, and there is no shortcut to a cloth that passes. The ring is simply the proof. The pallas Each end carries a row of tall paisleys edged in small woven flowers, set on a ground of flowering sprigs and framed by a chain of little paisleys. Where most of our pallas are worked in colour, these are drawn almost entirely in black and dark brown, with only the faintest touches of sage and rose — so the pattern reads like an engraving on the pale cloth. All of it is woven in, not printed or stitched, so it shows on both sides. The field above is quiet: a lattice of paisley medallions in the same fawn as the ground, visible only when the light crosses it. The colour Fawn is a light, warm khaki-brown with a soft sheen — paler than our warm khaki and cooler than camel. With the black pallas it becomes a properly smart neutral: easy over black, grey, cream or navy, and quieter than anything else in the range while still being unmistakably patterned. Details Ultra-fine Kashmiri pashmina Fawn field with a self-coloured woven paisley-medallion lattice Woven pallas at both ends: a row of five large paisleys in black and deep brown within a paisley-chain border Plain fawn end strip with fringe Passes through a finger ring Approx. 40" × 80" Dry clean only — store folded and away from direct light Handwoven in Kashmir Handwoven cloth varies very slightly along its length; any faint unevenness you can see against the light is the mark of the handloom, not a fault. Ships in Attan's branded box with a thank-you card, ready to gift.