Otway & Orford 'Ride Ahead' silk pocket square - blue grey & brown with red, white & blue (42x42cm)

Overview:

‘Ride Ahead’ is a unique and high-quality silk pocket square in blue grey and brown with red, white & blue, finished with a hand-sewn hem. It is based on an original recruitment poster for the Household Cavalry by Abram Games, one of the twentieth century’s greatest graphic designers, and has been created in collaboration with his Estate. ‘Ride Ahead’ is presented in a complimentary gift box. Made in England. Size 42cm x 42cm.

Design & Inspiration:

‘Ride Ahead’ is a unique and high-quality full-size silk pocket square, Made in England. It is based on an original recruitment poster for the Household Cavalry by Abram Games OBE RDI (1914-1996) and has been created in collaboration with the Estate of Abram Games. For over 60 years Abram Games produced some of Britain’s most memorable images and is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest graphic designers.

Games’s original artwork was titled ‘Ride Ahead with the Household Cavalry’ and was the result of a commission in 1949 to design a recruitment poster for the cavalry. In preparation, he had asked for visual reference. A few days later, his wife Marianne answered the doorbell and came face to face with the visual reference supplied, a small trooper from the Household Cavalry struggling under the weight of full dress regalia.

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 narrow grey border and the skilfully hand-rolled & hand-sewn 'shoestring' hem also in grey. 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:

‘Ride Ahead’ is presented in a complimentary Otway & Orford branded gift box with its blueberry-coloured lid and pale blue base. Inside each box, the stylish silk pocket square is tissue-wrapped and accompanied by a card telling the story of Abram Games and his original 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 original painting in conjunction with artist's estate
• 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