Fine Pashmina Ring (Palladar) Shawl — Warm Khaki with Copper Paisley Pallas

A fine Kashmiri pashmina ring shawl (Palladar) in warm khaki, its field woven with a tone-on-tone lattice of medallions, and finished at each end with a palla of five large open paisleys in copper, cream 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 drawn in outline — their edges built from small woven flowers, their centres filled with fine floral sprigs — set on a soft ground of scattered blossoms and framed by a running chain of little paisleys. The two ends are not identical: one is worked in lighter copper and cream, the other in deeper brown with touches of slate blue, so the shawl looks slightly different depending on which end you bring forward. The field, by contrast, is almost plain. A lattice of medallions is woven in the same khaki as the ground and only shows when light crosses it, which keeps the shawl quiet over the shoulders and lets the ends do the talking. The colour Warm khaki sits between taupe and light brown, with a soft natural sheen from the pashmina. It is one of the easiest neutrals to wear — over camel, cream, olive, brown or black — and the copper in the pallas warms it without making it loud. Details Ultra-fine Kashmiri pashmina Warm khaki field with a self-coloured woven medallion lattice Woven pallas at both ends: a row of large open paisleys in copper, cream and brown within a paisley-chain border, the two ends in slightly different colourings Plain khaki 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.