summer 2024
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RENAISSANCE SHAWLS: OLIVE OIL GREEN AND WHITE
‘there ought to be Gardens … things of beautie … Juniper … orenge trees; and sweet Marjoram … Honey suckles; Strawberries; Raspes’ (Bacon, 1625) these extraordinary shawls take us back to old embroidery techniques, completely reversible, perfectly executed. it’s not usual to find work of this quality, but we commissioned it a long time ago […]
RENAISSANCE SHAWLS: LILAC AND POPPY RED
these extraordinary shawls take us back to old embroidery techniques, completely reversible, perfectly executed. it’s not usual to find work of this quality, but we commissioned it a long time ago – and here they are – with riots of enchanting flowers finely embroidered in many colours. all hand woven and embroidered in miniature beautiful […]
RASPBERRIES AND ROSES A POSY OF PINKS
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: white shawl, with embroidery of pretty trailing leaves and flowers embroidered in raspberry and teak brown. middle: deep chestnut brown shawl, embroidered generously in contrasting white and black cherry. bottom: white shawl with a rose stripe, beautifully worked with tiny flowers of matching rose. top pompom: soft pretty rose […]
NATURES COLOURS: BLUES AND GREENS
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: bright moss shawl, elegantly worked in coffee bean colours with flowers formed of trailing embroidery, with lots of gorgeous detail. middle: sapphire blue shawl, an unusual piece, embroidered beautifully in a variety of leaf colours with white. bottom: beautiful cloud blue shawl, covered with carefully picked out fine branches […]
EXQUISITE PRECISION
one of our signature stacks, which gives an idea of the extent of our collection. a selection of the most beautifully worked all embroidered shawls, hand woven in pure pashmina cashmere with hand sewn embroidery in especially dyed silk. contemporary design inspired by 17th century tradition.
DELPHINIUMS AND ROSES
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: poppy red shawl, beautifully embroidered with tiny flowers using dark blue and violet, with a touch of chilli. middle: pale pink lilac shawl, beautiful with exquisite pale green and silver trailing embroidery and a very pretty fringe. bottom: damask rose shawl, with beautifully worked miniaturised flowers, embroidered in chilli […]
QUIET MASTERPIECES: RHAPSODY IN BLUES
these are very special pieces that have been made to my specification requiring a long lead in to arrive – so very happy to have them. in their finesse and delicacy they illustrate the amazing skill of our weavers and embroiderers. main: white jamawar shawl, very soft – embroidered with a marvellous variety of blues, […]
QUIET MASTERPIECES: PRETTY IN PINKS
these are very special pieces that have been made to my specification requiring a long lead in to arrive – so very happy to have them. in their finesse and delicacy they illustrate the amazing skill of our weavers and embroiderers. main: fabulous deep rose and burnt orange shawl woven in two contrasting colours. the […]
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: AQUAMARINES AND PEARLS
top: exquisite aquamarine shawl with a detailed border of silvery grey and white, wonderful work, cool and elegant. middle: light natural shawl with a glorious embroidered border worked in soft turquoise and blue, jade and pale pink. bottom: white shawl with a detailed floral border, predominantly pinks and blues with flashes of dark crimson and […]
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: MARIGOLDS AND CARNATIONS
top: natural shawl, undyed, with a super floral border with paisley worked in tiny flowers of soft red, silver and a little brown. middle: vibrant yet soft, deep marigold shawl, with beautifully worked, very fine tone to tone embroidery in a lighter orange. bottom: rose pink and spring green, an undyed natural shawl with extraordinarily […]
FLOWER POWER
a signature stack of wonderfully detailed bordered shawls. pure hand woven pashmina shawls with unique hand sewn embroidered borders in pure silk. every one a treasure. contemporary design inspired by 17th century tradition.
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: A HERBARIUM OF COLOUR
top: bright moss shawl with a fabulous border, closely embroidered with delicate flowers in pretty colours – pale pink, grey and silver. middle: light turquoise shawl with a beautiful border, wide and intricate with deeper turquoise, pale pink and natural gold flowers, some outlined with a little garnet. bottom: brilliant grass green shawl, exquisitely worked […]
SPECIAL PIECES: MANGO MARVELS
some of my embroiderers have finally finished these exceptional pieces after months of hard work – very finely detailed, with complex miniaturised flowers and traditional paisley. main: fabulous mango-papaya jamawar shawl, with the most beautifully embroidered flowers and paisley design in white. covetable and extremely wearable. as a pompom: white complex jali shawl with intricate […]
EXQUISITE EMBROIDERIES: NATURAL BEAUTIES
main: light natural jamawar shawl embroidered with glorious flowers using many colours –reds, blues together with a mossy green, the whole intricately worked with double-sided museum quality embroidery. as a pompom: white jamawar bordered shawl, comprehensively worked in many beautiful greens and pinks. flowers, leaves and tiny paisley abound in this fantastic shawl.
GARDEN DAINTIES: SPRING IN KASHMIR
top: white shawl, richly embroidered with a wide surrounding border and all over bouquet of gorgeous tiny flowers and leaves – jade, violet, pale pink and light blue. middle: saffron jali shawl with spectacular embroidery of miniaturised blossom and flowers. delicate, complex detail using summer garden colours. bottom: milky white shawl, with a masterpiece border […]
SPECIAL PIECES: IN THE SUN
main: wonderful sunny yellow complex jali, soft and pliable, embroidered all over in trailing leaves and flowers – pretty yellows and oranges, nasturtium colours. as a pompom: guava embroidered complex jali, also very soft with tendrils of silvery white flowers.
STUDIES IN PAISLEY AND FLOWERS
top: un-dyed wide bordered shawl with superb paisley, flowers and leaves. infinitely detailed flowers form the border, picked out meticulously all over this fine piece. pale pinks, pale blues, white and silver are used to create this fantastic shawl. middle: double-sided white shawl, wide, well spaced border, stylised paisley with astounding embroidery detail and exciting […]
DESIGN BEAUTIES WITH VIBRANT COLOURS
main: complex jali shawl woven in stripes with beautiful lines of embroidery. the border is woven in fine offset stripes. the colours used are warm – predominantly russets, pink and brown with touches of yellow and green. the embroidery here is peerless, picking up on softer shades which complement the woven colours. as a pompom: […]
GARDEN BEAUTIES: GORGEOUS FLORALS
five fine blanket shawls shown as pompoms. all are hand woven and oversized, perfect for deep winter and for travel, measuring approx 264x132cm (104x52ins). from the top down: light natural shawl with very wide fine borders in greens. reversible orange and yellow with border embroidery. pale pink shawl with good tone to tone border. navy […]
RENAISSANCE SHAWLS: OLIVE OIL GREEN AND WHITE
‘there ought to be Gardens … things of beautie … Juniper … orenge trees; and sweet Marjoram … Honey suckles; Strawberries; Raspes’ (Bacon, 1625) these extraordinary shawls take us back to old embroidery techniques, completely reversible, perfectly executed. it’s not usual to find work of this quality, but we commissioned it a long time ago […]
RENAISSANCE SHAWLS: LILAC AND POPPY RED
these extraordinary shawls take us back to old embroidery techniques, completely reversible, perfectly executed. it’s not usual to find work of this quality, but we commissioned it a long time ago – and here they are – with riots of enchanting flowers finely embroidered in many colours. all hand woven and embroidered in miniature beautiful […]
RASPBERRIES AND ROSES A POSY OF PINKS
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: white shawl, with embroidery of pretty trailing leaves and flowers embroidered in raspberry and teak brown. middle: deep chestnut brown shawl, embroidered generously in contrasting white and black cherry. bottom: white shawl with a rose stripe, beautifully worked with tiny flowers of matching rose. top pompom: soft pretty rose […]
NATURES COLOURS: BLUES AND GREENS
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: bright moss shawl, elegantly worked in coffee bean colours with flowers formed of trailing embroidery, with lots of gorgeous detail. middle: sapphire blue shawl, an unusual piece, embroidered beautifully in a variety of leaf colours with white. bottom: beautiful cloud blue shawl, covered with carefully picked out fine branches […]
EXQUISITE PRECISION
one of our signature stacks, which gives an idea of the extent of our collection. a selection of the most beautifully worked all embroidered shawls, hand woven in pure pashmina cashmere with hand sewn embroidery in especially dyed silk. contemporary design inspired by 17th century tradition.
DELPHINIUMS AND ROSES
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: poppy red shawl, beautifully embroidered with tiny flowers using dark blue and violet, with a touch of chilli. middle: pale pink lilac shawl, beautiful with exquisite pale green and silver trailing embroidery and a very pretty fringe. bottom: damask rose shawl, with beautifully worked miniaturised flowers, embroidered in chilli […]
QUIET MASTERPIECES: RHAPSODY IN BLUES
these are very special pieces that have been made to my specification requiring a long lead in to arrive – so very happy to have them. in their finesse and delicacy they illustrate the amazing skill of our weavers and embroiderers. main: white jamawar shawl, very soft – embroidered with a marvellous variety of blues, […]
QUIET MASTERPIECES: PRETTY IN PINKS
these are very special pieces that have been made to my specification requiring a long lead in to arrive – so very happy to have them. in their finesse and delicacy they illustrate the amazing skill of our weavers and embroiderers. main: fabulous deep rose and burnt orange shawl woven in two contrasting colours. the […]
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: AQUAMARINES AND PEARLS
top: exquisite aquamarine shawl with a detailed border of silvery grey and white, wonderful work, cool and elegant. middle: light natural shawl with a glorious embroidered border worked in soft turquoise and blue, jade and pale pink. bottom: white shawl with a detailed floral border, predominantly pinks and blues with flashes of dark crimson and […]
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: MARIGOLDS AND CARNATIONS
top: natural shawl, undyed, with a super floral border with paisley worked in tiny flowers of soft red, silver and a little brown. middle: vibrant yet soft, deep marigold shawl, with beautifully worked, very fine tone to tone embroidery in a lighter orange. bottom: rose pink and spring green, an undyed natural shawl with extraordinarily […]
FLOWER POWER
a signature stack of wonderfully detailed bordered shawls. pure hand woven pashmina shawls with unique hand sewn embroidered borders in pure silk. every one a treasure. contemporary design inspired by 17th century tradition.
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: A HERBARIUM OF COLOUR
top: bright moss shawl with a fabulous border, closely embroidered with delicate flowers in pretty colours – pale pink, grey and silver. middle: light turquoise shawl with a beautiful border, wide and intricate with deeper turquoise, pale pink and natural gold flowers, some outlined with a little garnet. bottom: brilliant grass green shawl, exquisitely worked […]
SPECIAL PIECES: MANGO MARVELS
some of my embroiderers have finally finished these exceptional pieces after months of hard work – very finely detailed, with complex miniaturised flowers and traditional paisley. main: fabulous mango-papaya jamawar shawl, with the most beautifully embroidered flowers and paisley design in white. covetable and extremely wearable. as a pompom: white complex jali shawl with intricate […]
EXQUISITE EMBROIDERIES: NATURAL BEAUTIES
main: light natural jamawar shawl embroidered with glorious flowers using many colours –reds, blues together with a mossy green, the whole intricately worked with double-sided museum quality embroidery. as a pompom: white jamawar bordered shawl, comprehensively worked in many beautiful greens and pinks. flowers, leaves and tiny paisley abound in this fantastic shawl.
GARDEN DAINTIES: SPRING IN KASHMIR
top: white shawl, richly embroidered with a wide surrounding border and all over bouquet of gorgeous tiny flowers and leaves – jade, violet, pale pink and light blue. middle: saffron jali shawl with spectacular embroidery of miniaturised blossom and flowers. delicate, complex detail using summer garden colours. bottom: milky white shawl, with a masterpiece border […]
SPECIAL PIECES: IN THE SUN
main: wonderful sunny yellow complex jali, soft and pliable, embroidered all over in trailing leaves and flowers – pretty yellows and oranges, nasturtium colours. as a pompom: guava embroidered complex jali, also very soft with tendrils of silvery white flowers.
STUDIES IN PAISLEY AND FLOWERS
top: un-dyed wide bordered shawl with superb paisley, flowers and leaves. infinitely detailed flowers form the border, picked out meticulously all over this fine piece. pale pinks, pale blues, white and silver are used to create this fantastic shawl. middle: double-sided white shawl, wide, well spaced border, stylised paisley with astounding embroidery detail and exciting […]
DESIGN BEAUTIES WITH VIBRANT COLOURS
main: complex jali shawl woven in stripes with beautiful lines of embroidery. the border is woven in fine offset stripes. the colours used are warm – predominantly russets, pink and brown with touches of yellow and green. the embroidery here is peerless, picking up on softer shades which complement the woven colours. as a pompom: […]
GARDEN BEAUTIES: GORGEOUS FLORALS
five fine blanket shawls shown as pompoms. all are hand woven and oversized, perfect for deep winter and for travel, measuring approx 264x132cm (104x52ins). from the top down: light natural shawl with very wide fine borders in greens. reversible orange and yellow with border embroidery. pale pink shawl with good tone to tone border. navy […]
RENAISSANCE SHAWLS: OLIVE OIL GREEN AND WHITE
‘there ought to be Gardens … things of beautie … Juniper … orenge trees; and sweet Marjoram … Honey suckles; Strawberries; Raspes’ (Bacon, 1625) these extraordinary shawls take us back to old embroidery techniques, completely reversible, perfectly executed. it’s not usual to find work of this quality, but we commissioned it a long time ago […]
RENAISSANCE SHAWLS: LILAC AND POPPY RED
these extraordinary shawls take us back to old embroidery techniques, completely reversible, perfectly executed. it’s not usual to find work of this quality, but we commissioned it a long time ago – and here they are – with riots of enchanting flowers finely embroidered in many colours. all hand woven and embroidered in miniature beautiful […]
RASPBERRIES AND ROSES A POSY OF PINKS
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: white shawl, with embroidery of pretty trailing leaves and flowers embroidered in raspberry and teak brown. middle: deep chestnut brown shawl, embroidered generously in contrasting white and black cherry. bottom: white shawl with a rose stripe, beautifully worked with tiny flowers of matching rose. top pompom: soft pretty rose […]
NATURES COLOURS: BLUES AND GREENS
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: bright moss shawl, elegantly worked in coffee bean colours with flowers formed of trailing embroidery, with lots of gorgeous detail. middle: sapphire blue shawl, an unusual piece, embroidered beautifully in a variety of leaf colours with white. bottom: beautiful cloud blue shawl, covered with carefully picked out fine branches […]
EXQUISITE PRECISION
one of our signature stacks, which gives an idea of the extent of our collection. a selection of the most beautifully worked all embroidered shawls, hand woven in pure pashmina cashmere with hand sewn embroidery in especially dyed silk. contemporary design inspired by 17th century tradition.
DELPHINIUMS AND ROSES
five finely embroidered jali shawls. top: poppy red shawl, beautifully embroidered with tiny flowers using dark blue and violet, with a touch of chilli. middle: pale pink lilac shawl, beautiful with exquisite pale green and silver trailing embroidery and a very pretty fringe. bottom: damask rose shawl, with beautifully worked miniaturised flowers, embroidered in chilli […]
QUIET MASTERPIECES: RHAPSODY IN BLUES
these are very special pieces that have been made to my specification requiring a long lead in to arrive – so very happy to have them. in their finesse and delicacy they illustrate the amazing skill of our weavers and embroiderers. main: white jamawar shawl, very soft – embroidered with a marvellous variety of blues, […]
QUIET MASTERPIECES: PRETTY IN PINKS
these are very special pieces that have been made to my specification requiring a long lead in to arrive – so very happy to have them. in their finesse and delicacy they illustrate the amazing skill of our weavers and embroiderers. main: fabulous deep rose and burnt orange shawl woven in two contrasting colours. the […]
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: AQUAMARINES AND PEARLS
top: exquisite aquamarine shawl with a detailed border of silvery grey and white, wonderful work, cool and elegant. middle: light natural shawl with a glorious embroidered border worked in soft turquoise and blue, jade and pale pink. bottom: white shawl with a detailed floral border, predominantly pinks and blues with flashes of dark crimson and […]
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: MARIGOLDS AND CARNATIONS
top: natural shawl, undyed, with a super floral border with paisley worked in tiny flowers of soft red, silver and a little brown. middle: vibrant yet soft, deep marigold shawl, with beautifully worked, very fine tone to tone embroidery in a lighter orange. bottom: rose pink and spring green, an undyed natural shawl with extraordinarily […]
FLOWER POWER
a signature stack of wonderfully detailed bordered shawls. pure hand woven pashmina shawls with unique hand sewn embroidered borders in pure silk. every one a treasure. contemporary design inspired by 17th century tradition.
BEAUTIFUL BORDERS: A HERBARIUM OF COLOUR
top: bright moss shawl with a fabulous border, closely embroidered with delicate flowers in pretty colours – pale pink, grey and silver. middle: light turquoise shawl with a beautiful border, wide and intricate with deeper turquoise, pale pink and natural gold flowers, some outlined with a little garnet. bottom: brilliant grass green shawl, exquisitely worked […]
SPECIAL PIECES: MANGO MARVELS
some of my embroiderers have finally finished these exceptional pieces after months of hard work – very finely detailed, with complex miniaturised flowers and traditional paisley. main: fabulous mango-papaya jamawar shawl, with the most beautifully embroidered flowers and paisley design in white. covetable and extremely wearable. as a pompom: white complex jali shawl with intricate […]
EXQUISITE EMBROIDERIES: NATURAL BEAUTIES
main: light natural jamawar shawl embroidered with glorious flowers using many colours –reds, blues together with a mossy green, the whole intricately worked with double-sided museum quality embroidery. as a pompom: white jamawar bordered shawl, comprehensively worked in many beautiful greens and pinks. flowers, leaves and tiny paisley abound in this fantastic shawl.
GARDEN DAINTIES: SPRING IN KASHMIR
top: white shawl, richly embroidered with a wide surrounding border and all over bouquet of gorgeous tiny flowers and leaves – jade, violet, pale pink and light blue. middle: saffron jali shawl with spectacular embroidery of miniaturised blossom and flowers. delicate, complex detail using summer garden colours. bottom: milky white shawl, with a masterpiece border […]
SPECIAL PIECES: IN THE SUN
main: wonderful sunny yellow complex jali, soft and pliable, embroidered all over in trailing leaves and flowers – pretty yellows and oranges, nasturtium colours. as a pompom: guava embroidered complex jali, also very soft with tendrils of silvery white flowers.
STUDIES IN PAISLEY AND FLOWERS
top: un-dyed wide bordered shawl with superb paisley, flowers and leaves. infinitely detailed flowers form the border, picked out meticulously all over this fine piece. pale pinks, pale blues, white and silver are used to create this fantastic shawl. middle: double-sided white shawl, wide, well spaced border, stylised paisley with astounding embroidery detail and exciting […]
DESIGN BEAUTIES WITH VIBRANT COLOURS
main: complex jali shawl woven in stripes with beautiful lines of embroidery. the border is woven in fine offset stripes. the colours used are warm – predominantly russets, pink and brown with touches of yellow and green. the embroidery here is peerless, picking up on softer shades which complement the woven colours. as a pompom: […]
GARDEN BEAUTIES: GORGEOUS FLORALS
five fine blanket shawls shown as pompoms. all are hand woven and oversized, perfect for deep winter and for travel, measuring approx 264x132cm (104x52ins). from the top down: light natural shawl with very wide fine borders in greens. reversible orange and yellow with border embroidery. pale pink shawl with good tone to tone border. navy […]