70s/80s black paisley cotton bandana - painter's, made in usa turquoise cabochon This 80s/90s sportcore gem features

This 80s/90s sportcore gem features a metallic silver cyclist print on neon nylon

This combination sits in the visual family of Transylvanian/Hungarian border-region folk textiles (exact village provenance unknown)

and the scarves are where the color-forward side of that work shows up loudest

no holes or damage

and the signature worked into the cloth is the tell to look for

70s/80s black paisley cotton bandana - painter's, made in usa turquoise cabochon This 80s/90s sportcore gem featuresa black cotton bandana printed in cream, made in the usa, and carrying the marks of actual work. the print is a departure from the usual boteh vocabulary: instead of paisley teardrops the border runs a dense tulip and vine scroll with arched palmette crowns at the midpoints, framed by a fine wave edge, and the open center field is scattered with small trefoil sprigs around a single starburst. the corner marks read 100% cotton rn 14193 and made in usa.