At Paisley museum research is carried out on traditional textile design and technology in the Weaving Gallery. Although the woven shawls, and their patterns, are known as 'Paisley', these shawls ...

Embellished with simple patterns, these shawls serve both functional and ornamental purposes. Europe contributes its elegance through the Paisley shawls of Scotland, which were inspired by the ...

Fifty years ago the grey little city of Paisley, seven miles outside of Glasgow, was world famed because beauties who could not afford real Cashmere shawls draped their drooping shoulders with ...