Thai Silk Scarf

Dusty mauve cloth with a row of small woven flowers in red, green and gold

This scarf is from Thailand. It is silk. Hand-woven Thai silk scarves are generally made on small looms, with silk reeled from cocoons and dyed in saturated color. Plain dusty lilac-gray cloth fills the lower portion, with a decorated band above: maroon stripes and small stylized motifs in red, green, gold and black. Folded with a slightly rumpled edge. A thin fringe of gray-mauve cords hangs below.

Modest from a distance, a showoff up close.