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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4176292, member: 2844&quot;]It isn&#039;t post-Raj.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Indian Kashmiri shawls and other textiles with Boteh motifs (Paisley motifs) have been imported into Europe for many centuries, even during Elizabethan times. Kashmiri shawls were first made in Kashmir by Turkestan weavers from Mughal Central Asia in the 16th century.</p><p>Which doesn&#039;t mean these motifs made their way to butter (or other) molds during that time. In the early days the textiles would have been rare and expensive, often gifts from foreign rulers.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the jacquard loom was invented, many places in Europe began to weave their own Kashmiri style shawls.</p><p>The most imported centre for weaving Kashmiri style shawls in Britain was the Scottish town of Paisley, where jacquard looms were introduced in the 1820s. The Boteh motif became known as the Paisley motif in the English speaking world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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