Conférence goûter – L’histoire du cachemire : un succès au poil !

In northern India, the cashmere region extends over 150 km long and 30 km wide.

Since the sixteenth century, European travellers have marveled at the delicacy and mellowness of its fabrics.

At the end of the seventeenth century, Britain brought in the rectangles and squares called “shads” but it was Bonaparte who brought them back from Egypt to offer them...

Cashmere in the nineteenth century is the essential sign of wealth to have in your wardrobe.

We will see how a little goat conquered the world!