Thai Silk Scarf

Split cleanly down the middle, tan on the left and a heathered plum-gray on the right

This scarf is from Thailand. It is silk. Silk takes dye deeply, which gives hand-woven scarves their saturated, slightly iridescent tones. Folded flat, the left half is a warm khaki-tan and the right half a dusty mauve-gray, meeting at a soft vertical line. Lengthwise slubs and thin dark flecks run through the weave. A fringe of short twisted cords hangs below.

Divided by color, united by the weave.