Yes, this is 100% mulberry silk — 16 momme twill, printed on both faces in the same colourway so no pale reverse shows when it falls open. Daylily sprays are drawn in porcelain blue across white, loose and fluent, with painted pearls and butterflies threaded between the stems and a deep cobalt border closing the square.

• 16 MOMME MULBERRY SILK TWILL 100% mulberry silk, printed on both faces in the same colourway. Twill has a fine diagonal grain and a matte depth of colour, with enough body to hold a knot instead of sliding out of one.

• DAYLILY IN BLUE AND WHITE Brush-drawn daylily, pearls and butterflies in the blue and white of classical porcelain, closed by a deep cobalt border.

• 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.

• A FLOWER WITH A MEANING Since the Tang and Song dynasties the daylily has been the flower associated with mothers in Chinese poetry, which makes this an easy scarf to give and a quiet one to explain.

• 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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