Paisley is Iranian in origin, but its Western name comes from the Scottish town of Paisley. The Welsh textile-makers called it Welsh Pickles, the American quilt-makers called it Persian Pears.
Carrying on with the pickle flavour, in Tamil, India, it's known as Mankolam, or Mango design. Traditional Indian temple jewellry has a mango necklace with matching earrings. All sounds very delicious.
Some say it began as  a Zoroastrian symbol of life and eternity; the pattern is still popular in Iran and many Asian countries where it is woven using gold or silver threads on silk.
In the West it was popular in the Summer of Love in the Sixties, when the Beatles brought back to the UK many  Indian cultural ideas.
In the eighties, Prince created his Paisley Park Records, named after his song 'Paisley Park'.
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Paisley & Lace Skater Dress