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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1053458, member: 8267&quot;]The first English shawls inspired by the Kashmiri shawls were made in Norwich in the late 18th century.</p><p><a href="http://www.ctacostume.org.uk/norwich-shawls.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ctacostume.org.uk/norwich-shawls.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ctacostume.org.uk/norwich-shawls.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Weavers in Paisley, Scotland, began making them in the early 19th century. The term then came to be applied to the design, and particularly the tear-drop shaped motif (boteh/buta in Persian). </p><p>I&#039;m afraid the term has been rather loosely applied to any of these types of shawls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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