In various languages of India and Pakistan, the design's name is related to the word for mango: [30]

The modern French words for paisley are boteh, cachemire (" cashmere"; not capitalized, which would mean " Kashmir, the region") and palme (" palm", which – along with the pine and the cypress – is one of the traditional botanical motifs thought to have influenced the shape of the paisley element as it is now known). [6] [29] [ failed verification]There is significant speculation as to the origins and symbolism of Boteh Jegheh, or "ancient motif", known in English as paisley. [7] With experts contesting different time periods for its emergence, to understand the proliferation in the popularity of Boteh Jegheh design and eventually Paisley, it is important to understand South Asian history. The early Indo-Iranian people flourished in South Asia, where they eventually exchanged linguistic, cultural, and even religious similarities. [8] The ancient Indo-Iranian people shared a religion called Zoroastrianism. [9] Zoroastrianism, some experts [ who?] argue, served as one of the earliest influences for Boteh Jegheh's design with the shape representing the cypress tree, an ancient zoroastrian religious symbol. [9] Others [ who?] contest that the earliest representation of the patterns shape comes from the later Sassanid Dynasty. [10] The design was representative of a tear drop. [10] Some [ who?] will argue that Boteh Jegheh's origins stem from old religious beliefs and its meaning could symbolize the sun, a phoenix, or even an ancient Iranian religious sign for an eagle. [7] Around the same time, a pattern called Boteh was gaining popularity in Iran; the pattern was a floral design, and was used as a high class decoration, mostly serving to decorate royal items that belonged to those of high status. [10] It was said [ weaselwords] to have been a pattern worn to represent elite social status, such as that of nobility. The pattern was traditionally woven onto silk clothing using silver and gold material. [10] The earliest evidence of the design being traded with other cultures was found at the Red Sea, with both Egyptian and Greek peoples trading from the 1400s. [ citation needed] Introduction of Boteh Jegheh to Western culture [ edit ] Dusenbury, Mary M. and Bier, Carol, Flowers, Dragons & Pine Trees: Asian Textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art, 2004, Hudson Hills, ISBN 1555952380, 9781555952389, p. 48 Paisley or paisley pattern is an ornamental textile design using the boteh ( Persian: بته) or buta, a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end. Of Persian origin, paisley designs became popular in the West in the 18th and 19th centuries, following imports of post– Mughal Empire versions of the design from India, especially in the form of Kashmir shawls, and were then replicated locally. [1]

Paisley Museum and Art Gallery", About Britain, archived from the original on 5 March 2008 , retrieved 3 February 2008 . a b c Andrews, Meg, Beyond the Fringe: Shawls of Paisley Design, Victoriana, archived from the original on 16 February 2008 , retrieved 3 February 2008 . Heavily illustrated history of paisley fashions.The next surge in paisley’s fashionability came in the 1960s, helped along by The Beatles – in their Eastern-influenced phase the band were paisley mad, and John Lennon even painted his Rolls-Royce with the pattern. It became emblematic of the ‘summer of love’ and the often eye-watering aesthetic of the psychedelic era, its vertiginous acid-trip patterns and mind-melting colours chiming with the hippy zeitgeist. Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Masson, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich (1999). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-1407-3. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020 . Retrieved 24 December 2019.

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