Russian shawls are traditionally worn loosely over the shoulders, upper body, and sometimes the head. They are usually rectangular or square pieces of cloth that can be folded into a triangle or made triangular. There is a long tradition of shawl production in Russia, as seen in old photos of Russian women wearing them. This document discusses a factory in Russia that has been making shawls for over 200 years using their original traditional patterns. It describes the process of creating new ornamental sketches, improvising colors that match their traditional palette, and the manual printing process for producing the shawls despite uncertainties in how the colors will develop during treatment.

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2. Russian shawls are loosely worn over the shoulders, upper
body and arms, and sometimes also over the head. It is
usually a rectangular or square piece of cloth, that is often
folded to make a triangle but can also be triangular in
shape.
In Russia there is a whole tradition of shawls, and if you
are to look at old historical photos of Russian women they
sometimes wear them. Here we have some photos from
their production and also Russian ladies wearing them.

3. There are a few factories in Russia which make them, this particular one was
founded in 1795, so it’s over 200 year old now and has its own original
traditional pattern, sort of a trademark.

4. However, each time they improvise a new variation of the pattern and this is
where the production starts – with creating the new ornamental sketches.

5. As soon as the black and white outlined sketch is ready, the colorists start
improvising with colors so that it will match their traditional palette.

7. The problem with choosing
colors is that the true colors
only develop after the shawl
is treated with hot vapor, so
until then they can’t be sure
if they have the color right.

8. Sometimes, there are different batches of those being printed at once
with slight color variations so that later they can choose the right one.

9. The printing process is manual.