While today some people associate bandanas with cowboys or Cholo culture, paisley bandanas were popular during the late 1700s and their popularity in the United States coincides with the American revolution. Snuff users liked colored and patterned handkerchiefs because they hid the tobacco stains when they blew their noses. [23] In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, paisley bandanas began to appear with political and military advertisements printed on them. [23] Such printed bandanas were common during the early and mid- 1900s when World War I and World War II were being fought. It was thought that by purchasing and sporting a pro-war paisley bandana the buyer was helping to support their country in winning the war. [ citation needed] The paisley bandana started to feature in Western movies and thus became a symbol of the American West. [ citation needed] a b c Karpinski, Caroline (November 1963). "Kashmir to Paisley". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 22 (3): 116–123. doi: 10.2307/3258212. JSTOR 3258212.

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 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]Boteh (Botteh, Paisley). Aryan Silk & Trade". www.heritageinstitute.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019 . Retrieved 4 June 2019. From roughly 1800 to 1850, the weavers of the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland, became the foremost producers of Paisley shawls. Unique additions to their hand-looms and Jacquard looms allowed them to work in five colours when most weavers were producing paisley using only two. [19] The design became known as the Paisley pattern. By 1860, Paisley could produce shawls with 15 colours, which was still only a quarter of the colors in the multicolour paisleys then still being imported from Kashmir. [19] a b Ringer, Monica (13 December 2011). Pious Citizens: Reforming Zoroastrianism in India and Iran. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-5060-7. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020 . Retrieved 24 December 2019. A seminal happening in the popularization of the bandana came during the American Revolution. Martha Washington, the wife of Continental Army general George Washington, had a souvenir bandana made featuring the likeness of the Commander-in-Chief. Baker, Lindsay. "Paisley: The story of a classic bohemian print". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019 . Retrieved 5 December 2019.

In the 1800s, European production of paisley increased, particularly in the Scottish town from which the pattern takes its modern name. Soldiers returning from the colonies brought home cashmere wool shawls from India, and the East India Company imported more. The design was copied from the costly silk and wool Kashmir shawls and adapted first for use on handlooms, and, after 1820, [19] on Jacquard looms. a b c d McGuire, Brian (24 January 2013). "Roots of the Paisley Pattern". Paisley Scotland. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019 . Retrieved 4 December 2019. a b c d e f "Buta to Paisley An ongoing Journey - Laureate Legal Terms and...Paisley A motif- * Intensively used in ... palm tree leaf Pearl Academy, ... In Kashmir the name used to describe this motif is buta or buti". pdfslide.net. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019 . Retrieved 5 December 2019. Paisley — благородный орнамент, "слеза Аллаха", турецкий боб или просто "огурец" ". Archived from the original on 5 January 2017 . Retrieved 5 January 2017. Although the pine cone or almond-like form is of Persian origin, and the textile designs cramming many of them into a rich pattern are originally Indian, the English name for the patterns derives from the town of Paisley, in the west of Scotland, a centre for textiles where paisley designs were produced. [2] English paisley shirts, 1960s or laterIn Asia the paisley shawls were primarily worn by males often in formal or ceremonial contexts, but in Europe the shawls were primarily worn by women instead of men. While still holding an accurate resemblance to its original influence, the paisley design would begin to change once it began to be produced in western culture, with different towns in the United Kingdom applying their own spin to the design. [16] The peak period of paisley as a fashionable design ended in the 1870s, [17] perhaps as so many cheap versions were on the market.