Yes, this is 100% mulberry silk — 14 momme charmeuse. White almond blossom opens along twisting branches against a clear sky blue ground, reproduced after the canvas Vincent van Gogh painted in 1890. It is not redrawn as a repeating pattern, so the brush marks, the thickness of the paint and the painted signature in the corner all survive onto the silk.

• 14 MOMME MULBERRY SILK CHARMEUSE 100% mulberry silk, printed on the face. Charmeuse is a satin weave, so the face carries a soft sheen and the reverse stays matte, and it falls in looser folds than a twill of the same weight.

• AFTER VAN GOGH, 1890 A faithful reproduction of the almond blossom painting — branches, blossom and sky, with the artist's own signature left in the corner.

• SIZE AND STYLING Measures approximately 34 x 34 in. Folded corner to corner it covers the shoulders; rolled thin it becomes a headband, a ponytail tie or a band around a bag strap.

• ONE PAINTING, NO REPEAT Because the whole square is a single painting there is no pattern to line up, and it reads as art rather than as a print when it is folded over a shoulder.

• THE EDGE Each of the four edges is rolled and stitched by hand, which is what gives the border its slight plumpness.

• CARE Hand wash cool with a mild detergent for silk, or dry clean. Do not bleach, do not tumble dry, cool iron on the reverse and lay flat in the shade.

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