Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 9. (Budapest, 1966)

IPARMŰVÉSZETI MÚZEUM — MUSÉE DES ARTS DECORATIFS - Horváth, Vera: Kashmir Shawls in the Museum of Applied Arts

6. Girdle fragment, hand-woven, Kashmir, first half of the XlXth century of political changes, the manufacturai production of Kashmir shawls — for exportation this time —• as well as the importation of the raw material were continued without interruption.

12 The East India Company was the first to import Kashmir shawls in commercial lots into Europe; when the freedom of trading was realized in the course of the XlXth century, it was imported by other concerns and businessmen. All this was of great interest not only because European exportation reacted upon Kashmir decoration,

13 but also because it exerted a demonstrable effect on local decoration at several points of the route, so for instance in Russia, where it was brought by Persian transit trade.

15 The Kashmir shawl thrown over the shoulder, as it was worn by distinguished Mogul men, became an article of fashion for the European ladies by the end of the XVIIIth century.

15 Its propagation in Europe is ascribed in a large measure to Napoleon by the Indian tradition.

16 Despite its high price, or perhaps just because of it, the Kashmir shawl was much in demand for 12 Yajakar: loc. cit. 13 j

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—Boehn : op. cit. II. pp. 117 —118. 16 Indian Handicrafts. Delhi, 1956. The Publications Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India.