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a Persian teardrop that conquered the world by looking like a fancy comma.
means A distinctive textile pattern of curved, teardrop-shaped figures with a curling tail, used on fabrics, ties, and bandanas.
from The motif itself is ancient and Persian, a stylized cypress or floral teardrop sometimes called boteh or buta. The English name, though, comes from Paisley, a town in Scotland whose weavers mass-produced shawls imitating the imported Kashmiri designs in the 19th century — so a Persian shape ended up wearing a Scottish name.
- origin
- Born in Persia as the boteh, a cypress-flower motif
- scottish name
- Named for a Scottish town that mass-produced the shawls
- rock approved
- Prince named his studio and label Paisley Park
- shape
- Resembles a teardrop, mango, or curling flame
- sixties revival
- Became psychedelic shorthand for the counterculture
paisley pattern — persian-inspired teardrop motif that became synonymous with the scottish town's textile industry in the 18th-19th centuries
paisley abbey — benedictine monastery founded 1163 in paisley, scotland, now a historic ruin and tourist site
paisley shawl — luxury woolen shawl produced in paisley, scotland from 1800s-1900s, exported worldwide as status symbol