Paisley's journey from its origins in Persia to hippy chic and contemporary fashion, via a Scottish textiles town. Lindsay Baker reports. “One should either be a work of art or wear a work of ...

The search is on for the nation’s stash of Paisley Pattern in a celebration of the design that helped create fortune in the Scottish town that gave it its name.

Paisley will forever be synonymous with tadpoles. Not real tadpoles, of course, but the shapes who synchronise their swimming to form the Paisley Pattern. This unmistakable textile design is found ...

Excerpted from Patternalia: An Unconventional History of Polka Dots, Stripes, Plaid, Camouflage, & Other Graphic Patterns by Jude Stewart. Out now from Bloomsbury. What form of life is paisley ...

This textile design by George Haité (c 1850) is based on a twisted teardrop shape motif typical of a Paisley pattern. This shape, called a buta, dates back to ancient Persia but became popular in ...

The Paisley design has become a regular of ... around which an industry of loom wrights, pattern drawers, card punchers, "warpers ... Standard single book-ahead fares start from £17.50 and ...

'Paisley, A Princely Pattern,' an exhibit at Jerusalem's Museum of Islamic Art, displays history of the bohemian design ...

This textile design by George Haité (c 1850) is based on a twisted teardrop shape motif typical of a Paisley pattern. This shape, called a buta, dates back to ancient Persia but became popular in ...

THE original Paisley patterns are to become an international best-selling fashion item after they were snapped up by a top design house yesterday. Kanebo Fashion Research, of Japan, the fashion ...