The paisley motif, on Hazar Imam's jubaa (robes), were a Persian symbol of life and eternity
"...perhaps the real secret to the print's [paisley] immortality is...how it blends its rich historicism with a powerful adaptability, and how it is open to endless and unexpected re-invigoration and re-interpretation." Lindsay Baker1 Resembling a droplet, the fig-shaped paisley motif is thought to have represented a combination of a floral spray (hence its Persian name boteh, meaning flower) and a cypress ...
