Scarf
Category
Costume
Date
1920 - 1930
Materials
Silk twill, woven silk thread fringe.
Measurements
240 x 1000 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604638
Summary
A woman's scarf made from multi-coloured silk twill. The scarf is woven in horizontal stripes of green, brown and peach and has a short pale pink silk thread fringe at each end, otherwise undecorated. A small gold-coloured button sewn onto one end of the scarf reads "Seta Pura" which means pure silk in Italian.
Provenance
Gift of Miss Leeper, via Miss Maguire.
Marks and inscriptions
Inner seam, bottom right corner of box.: A small gold-coloured button sewn onto one end of the scarf reads "Seta Pura" which means pure silk in Italian. See associated photograph for further details.