From Boteh To Bandanas: Tracing The World-Spanning Legacy Of Paisley

From Boteh To Bandanas: Tracing The World-Spanning Legacy Of Paisley

If you had asked the textile merchants of 19th-century Wales, they’d have called it Welsh Pears. At Paris’s Café de Flore, you might have heard it referred to as Palme. In the highlands of Kashmir, it’s long been known as Bootar. I’m talking, of course, about the pattern we now commonly know as Paisley—originally named Boteh. No matter the name, its beauty transcends borders.  The variety of names given to Paisley speaks to its global appeal and…