Liberty Wm Morris Collection Blue and Cream Silk Twill Vintage Scarf The Orchard

Vintage Liberty of London 100% Silk Twill Scarf, The Orchard or "A Fruit Garden". William Morris Collection. Arts and Crafts movement. Blue and cream 23 inch square (38 cm) Apple trees with intertwining branches. The design is associated with May Morris' (William's daughter), "Fruit Garden" 1885 portiere (a type of curtain or wall hanging). Inspired by her father's poem, "The Flowering Orchard" featuring the line, "And though the apple-boughs are bare". The text on the scarf are snippets of poetry, "Lo waneth the Summer, the apple boughs fade Yet fair still my garden twixt sunlight & shade". In excellent pre-loved condition. The last photo shows a slight pull in the fabric