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Woman's scarf: "Into Battle"
English
early 1940s
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Rayon
Dimensions
Overall: 88.9 x 85.1 cm (35 x 33 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2295
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRayon scarf with border of text "INTO BATTLE" repeated two times per side on light turquoise-blue ground with large eight-pointed star shape filled with colorful British military regiment emblems. Signed "Jacqmar" and "Jacqmar - London." along edge of star.
ProvenanceBy 2011, Leslie Verrinder of TinTin Collectibles, London; 2011, sold by TinTin Collectibles to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)