Styling in Paradise Journal — Our Tips to Styling Your Bedroom With the Ancient Paisley Motif of Persia

We are all familiar with the paisley teardrop pattern, as one of the most prominent textile symbols of all time in Eastern and Western cultures. We have all been beheld to Paisley in one way or another in our lives, whether in the form of a Persian carpet, depicted in an artwork, as an iconic symbol of the 'Psychedelic' and ‘Summer of Love’ era of the 60’s, popularised by the Beatles, represented in mainstream British fashion, in the form of ties, shirts, dresses, waistcoats and the beautiful intricately woven shawls of India and Kashmir. However, where did the paisley symbol originate ?