It was certainly a wide practice to re purpose a paisley shawl or two into another garment during the later 1800s. It was also common as we see here, to imitate that with c1855 . a ladies dressing gown and cotton nightdress. The outer garment is a wool, plain weave paisley patterned, lined in plain weave silk. The garment has a fur colour with cotton Cashmere & Merino Luxe Dressing Gown WoolOvers Dressing Gown Plum Plaid Kerry Woollen Mills Irish Merino Wool