Kashimiri Bangles
The gleaming hand-painted Kashimiri Bangles ($30) glow with jewel tones and ornate patterns. It's the papier-mâché coating that gives them surface texture that glimmers oh-so-lightly.
So we did some research... We found out that the Smithsonian's Indian sub-continent collections in their National Museum of Natural History holds the inspiration pieces behind these. The "nature-inspired motifs" are forms of Aniconism (figural prohibition) as seen in Islamic Art, where vegetal and geometric patterns reign supreme. For further reading, check out the MET's take on Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art.
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