Large vintage Museum of Fine Arts, Boston silk scarf, shoes & store gloves from the McCormick Collection, 35" square, wear fashion history!

A large vintage (ca. 1980s-1990s) silk scarf from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, featuring cheerful, cartoonish (but faithful) illustrations of historic shoes and gloves, 17th to 20th centuries, most from the MFA's Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection. (I'm not sure if ALL of the illustrated objects are from the McCormick Collection, but most of them are, and I'm pretty sure the scarf was originally called the "McCormick shoe scarf.")

The center field is ivory (slightly off-white, not pure white), with a deep blue border, separated by a Hermes-like motif of coiled, tasselled cords on a sky-blue background. The two halves of the scarf store are symmetrical, rotated 180 degrees.

I believe this scarf was originally designed in the 1980s, and was sold for many years in the MFA shop, in several colorways (this is the most attractive, in my opinion). It has been out of production for about 15 years. I purchased this example at an MFA shop "sample sale," probably about 2000, but have never worn it, and it has been carefully stored away since it was new.

Condition: There is a faint dark smudge (pencil?) near one corner (visible in the last photo, top center); otherwise condition is excellent. Fabric is a lightweight silk twill (foulard).

measurements: 35" square
label: "Made Exclusively for the Museum of Fine Arts Boston / Professionally Dry Clean / 100 % Silk / Made in Korea"

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