Handmade Embroidered Floral Scarf Shawl with Fringe, Amalfi Coast Italy

Dark as a Mediterranean midnight and embroidered as if by candlelight, this scarf blooms along its borders with hand worked florals and paisleys in pink, rose, and gold, finished with a soft fringe. There is real labor in it, the slow stitchwork of a maker on the Amalfi Coast, and it shows: worn loose at the shoulders or knotted at the collar, it turns the plainest outfit into something that smells of lemons and sea air.

The Amalfi Coast and southern Italy have a long heritage of handworked textiles, where embroidery and beadwork were passed down and sold in small coastal shops.

Condition: Excellent

Materials: fine black sheer fabric with multicolor hand embroidery and fringed edges. 60% Cotton, 40% Viscose

Generous wrap size.
Measurements: 30" x 68"