{"product_id":"shakespeare-silk-scarf-35-35-inspired-by-the-british-librarys-collection","title":"Shakespeare Silk Scarf\/Pocket Square, 35cm × 35cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“There’s magic in the web of it.”\u003c\/em\u003e — Othello, Act 3, Scene 4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA line of Shakespeare, sewn in silk. Othello’s weaver’s word for enchantment is hand-embroidered in gold thread on a navy pure-silk scarf\/pocket square, in a technique refined over two thousand years. Look twice at the gold cloud and a portrait of Shakespeare appears inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design draws on an image from the British Library’s collection, used under licence from the Library. The scarf is designed and made by Royal Chou and is also stocked by the British Library shop at St Pancras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe line\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Othello the handkerchief is the play’s turning point, and “web” is the woven cloth itself — Shakespeare writing about cloth and enchantment in the same breath. Four hundred years on, you can wear both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe stitch\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilk shading — “painting with the needle” — worked in the Su embroidery tradition of Suzhou, inscribed in China’s national intangible cultural heritage. Each strand of silk is split by hand into finer filaments to blend colour like brushstrokes. More than twenty craft processes go into each scarf, and every roundel is embroidered by hand, so no two are quite the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 35cm × 35cm, one silk scarf\/pocket square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: 100% pure mulberry silk; roundel hand-embroidered in gold thread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the box: the scarf, a silk pouch, and a card that explains the Othello line and the technique behind it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCare: dry clean only; store folded in the pouch, away from direct sunlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned in our London studio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA gift with its own story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor an English teacher, a book lover, a theatre companion, a graduate — or anyone who keeps a line of Shakespeare close. Boxed and ready to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInspired by the British Library’s collection. Image used under licence from the Library.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Chou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54943846728023,"sku":"RC-MID-01","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/1607\/6119\/files\/il_fullxfull.8491087866_5jx3.jpg?v=1788819549","url":"https:\/\/royalchou.com\/products\/shakespeare-silk-scarf-35-35-inspired-by-the-british-librarys-collection","provider":"Royal Chou","version":"1.0","type":"link"}