The Crooked Things Silk Scarf

A scruffy dog, remembered between stations.

On a train, two women were talking about childhood. One recalled a battered, crooked dog, then wondered whether loving him had started her lifelong affection for scruffy things. Her sentence became the beginning of Thackray’s first scarf.

The design follows that affection into irregular shapes and an off-centre rhythm. It belongs to anyone who has looked at an unpromising animal and found, eventually, that no other face would do.

The silk and the edition

• Material: 100% Mulberry Silk Twill, 18 momme
• Size: 90cm x 90cm
• Finish: Hand-rolled hems
• Edition: 5 pieces worldwide

Wearing and choosing

The 90cm square can be folded into a band at the neck, tied in the hair or worn open at the shoulders. A different fold brings another part of the artwork into view. See our guide to wearing a silk scarf.

Delivery and presentation

Delivery is one month from ordering. Your scarf comes in the Thackray lime-green box. Designed by the Thackray art house.

Buying for a particular date? Write to the house before ordering. Read our delivery terms and returns policy.

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