It’s hot; this is the South. An umbrella pine, cypresses, an orange tree in bloom and oleanders, palm trees, lavender, poppies and jasmine: a whole Mediterranean garden fits in this silk scarf, somewhere between the nights and the days of the Riviera. Where The Panther and The Artist breathed in an English garden, Free as the Swift breathes the warm air of the South of France.

Above the flowers, the swifts dart in one long arabesque, carried by air currents that the drawing traces too.

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The line stays true to the spirit of Arts & Crafts — curving lines, swaying lavender leaves, stylized poppy pods — with a touch of Art Deco showing through in the clean lines of the swifts and magpies, in the ferns and flowers, and of course in the umbrella pine, its needles stylized into overlapping fans.

Three shades of the same summer, to choose according to the light you love most.

Why does one of the swifts break away to trace its own curve? The tale is waiting for you in the blue box.

silk bandana scarves
large silk scarves
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