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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1053297, member: 8267&quot;]It would be helpful to see more of the back side. From what you have posted, it appears to be a genuine kashmir shawl, rather than paisley. The paisley shawls were machine woven imitations of the kashmir shawls, which were hand woven. On the paisleys, there are usually long floats (threads travelling from one point to the next place where the color is needed), which is a product of the machine technique. The edges of the hand woven kashmir shawls are typically done with separate blocks of fabric, stitched together and embroidered, which looks like what is going on with yours. The Arabic/Persian signature in the center is also typical of the original shawls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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