Puttoo-Peshmina

PUTTOO-PESHMINA

A coarse, wool fabric made in the NW. Simla district from Pashmina wool for dress wear. It has great softness and warmth rivalling fine worsted fabrics. The wool used is the longer, coarser wool left after the underwool required for cashmere shawls has been combed out. Also known as Cashgar. See Pashmina. It is used for making Chogas, longcoats, by the natives of Lahore and Lassa. The material is not dyed.