The
surrealist movement of the 1930s extended from art into design through jewelry and fashion, particularly in the work of
Elsa Schiaparelli. Here are two scarves I made from a 1930s silk with a surrealist influenced design. Biomorphism and microscopic images are characteristics of surrealism and these characteristics are apparent in this print that has the appearance of strange blood cells under a microscope. This is one of the earliest fabrics I've found and I've made it into a number of scarves with different backings. This image shows one with a sheer black wool backing and another with a teal blue wool, mirroring the teal in the print.
I am the new happy owner of this scarf, the 1930s surrealist-inspired silk, backed in a diaphanous black wool -- as the winning bidder at the Museum of California Design benefit held yesterday. Thank you -- it's gorgeous.
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