Vintage 1940s Liberty of London Paisley Silk Scarf Square w Cloth Label rain cape Sleeve inseam: 12 1/2”

Sleeve inseam:  12 1/2”

Apparently

Missoni was founded in 1953 by husband and wife Ottavio and Rosita Missoni

The back is cut low and it does up with fourteen self-covered fabric buttons

Vintage 1940s Liberty of London Paisley Silk Scarf Square w Cloth Label rain cape Sleeve inseam: 12 1/2”This is an older paisley pattern silk scarf made by the venerable English firm Liberty of London. The cloth label that is affixed to this scarf was discontinued by Liberty, I believe, during the 1950s, so this scarf mostly likely dates either to the 40s or 50s. You rarely see Liberty scarves of this age. Ive counted six different colours, which is quite amazing given the intricacy of the print. Liberty would use woodcuts to print each colour one at a