Paisley. (Elements of Design) From: Interior Design | Date: February 1, 1988| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1988 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Paisley

The evolution of the paisley and its place in 19th and 20th century design is both curious and dramatic. Consider: why should a small town on a ford outside Glasgow give its name to a motif found on shawsl imported from a distant valley in the most mountainous part of Asia? The chroncle to the mutation of the Kashmir floral spray, the "boteh," into the familiar and ubiquitous paisley is a quintessential story of the 19th century.

It encompasses a vast canvas of historical personages: Napoleon and his ladies, Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting, Mughal ...

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