![Design for a printed paisley shawl in shades of red, purple, green, blue, and yellow, hand-painted and mounted on board, 1840s-1850s.
[History of Textiles]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kubkem9ANC1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
Design for a printed paisley shawl in shades of red, purple, green, blue, and yellow, hand-painted and mounted on board, 1840s-1850s.
![How do we remember clothes? For Kirsten Svendsen, aka Shash, it’s a matter of perspective: “my mom had many of these simple, a-line floral skirts when i was little (again, it was the 70’s). being skirt height, i had a close relationship with all those flowers.”
[shash]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kubjeap7381qa0ltoo1_400.jpg)
How do we remember clothes? For Kirsten Svendsen, aka Shash, it’s a matter of perspective: “my mom had many of these simple, a-line floral skirts when i was little (again, it was the 70’s). being skirt height, i had a close relationship with all those flowers.”
[shash]
Posted March 11, 2010 at 8:41pm in william morris snakeshead pattern arts and crafts nature textile print design art
![Nazgol Ansarinia, Rhyme and Reason, 2009.
[Museum of Arts and Design]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku7g3kV0oQ1qa0ltoo1_r1_500.jpg)
Posted February 4, 2010 at 3:02pm in nazgol ansarinia rhyme and reason art hanging fabric textile pattern
![Huari-style tunic made in Peru, circa 750-950.
[The Textile Museum]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku3gukSWBc1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
![[The Museum at FIT]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku0t9oYnZy1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
![19th-century shawl from England.
[Textile Museum of Canada]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku0u84HG5E1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
Posted December 30, 2009 at 3:52pm in shawl england uk fashion design 19th century textile pattern paisley kashmir
![A panel from Bursa, Turkey, late 16th or 17th century: “Silk, cotton, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and cut voided velvet.”
[The Art Institute of Chicago]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjxg81qo31qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
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A panel from Bursa, Turkey, late 16th or 17th century: “Silk, cotton, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and cut voided velvet.”
