This shawl's background material is fairly finely woven with a paisley pattern. The embroidery, in contrast, is made with fairly heavy thread. The colors are beautiful. The heavy embroidery makes this particularly good for wearing with a winter coat or on a very chilly day
I bought this as a wrap for a wedding and it worked perfectly. It is not a shiny raw silk, but more of a matte texture and was beautiful with my dress.
Absolutely beautiful! So soft, so colorful. I didn?t notice in the picture the nubbiness of the weave where the different colors come together, but it is definitely a lot of texture - very pretty.