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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1053457, member: 2844"]I'm with 2many, it is a genuine Kashmiri shawl, not a European copy. Koshur, the language of Kashmir, is written in both Persian/Arabic and Devanagari scripts, hence the Arabic-looking signature.</p><p>Kashmiri shawls were widely traded, and became very popular in the West, which is why there were several European weaving centres copying the style. Paisley, near Glasgow, Scotland, became the most famous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1053457, member: 2844"]I'm with 2many, it is a genuine Kashmiri shawl, not a European copy. Koshur, the language of Kashmir, is written in both Persian/Arabic and Devanagari scripts, hence the Arabic-looking signature. Kashmiri shawls were widely traded, and became very popular in the West, which is why there were several European weaving centres copying the style. Paisley, near Glasgow, Scotland, became the most famous.[/QUOTE]
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