Otway & Orford Performance Polo silk pocket square - red (42x42cm

Overview:

‘Performance Polo’ is a unique and high-quality silk pocket square in red with hand-sewn hem, inspired by high goal polo. It was created in collaboration with equine artist Alasdair Banks. Presented in a complimentary gift box. Made in England. Size 42cm x 42cm.

Design & Inspiration:

‘Performance Polo’ is a unique and high-quality full-size silk pocket square, Made in England. It has been created in collaboration with contemporary Scottish artist Alasdair Banks, who has developed a style unique in the genre of equine art. Alasdair’s works are large, colourful and explore ways of conveying dramatic movement with his own individual treatment of expressive line and colour.

Alasdair’s original artwork was created in oil on canvas and inspired by the spectacle of high goal polo with its speed, skill, bravery of player and pony alike, bright colours and soundtrack of thundering hooves and mallet on ball. There are few better examples of expressive line and colour than the dramatic ‘Performance Polo’.

Quality:

In Macclesfield, the traditional home of English silk printing, the artwork is reproduced with great care. This enables an excellent balance of design colour & clarity between the printed and reverse sides of the fine 16oz Mulberry silk twill, ensuring the pocket square looks perfect whichever fold is used. The image is framed by the pocket square’s red border and the skilfully hand-rolled & hand-sewn 'shoestring' hem in green. The overall quality of this pocket square from the UK's leading maker is what you would normally expect to find only on London's Savile Row or Jermyn Street.

Gift Presentation:

'Performance Polo' is presented in a complimentary Otway & Orford branded gift box with its blueberry-coloured lid and pale blue base. Inside each box, this stylish polo silk pocket square is tissue-wrapped and accompanied by a card telling the story of the artist and his vibrant artwork.

Material Composition & Care

High-quality 100% Mulberry silk woven into 16oz silk twill gives the characteristic sheen and cool touch as well as ensuring the pocket square sits nicely in the top pocket.

Silk should always be dry cleaned. Avoid pressing the hand-finished hem to preserve its distinctive 'shoestring' shape. 

Features

• Made in Macclesfield, England: the home of English silk printing
• Unique design uses an original painting in collaboration with the artist
• Printed on fine 16oz Mulberry silk twill
• Has good colour balance between printed and reverse sides
• Hand-rolled and hand-sewn hems
• Full-sized (42 x 42cm)
• Tissue-wrapped in smart gift box
• Accompanied by card with artist & artwork details