THE ASCHER SQUARES
THEY WILL BE THE ACCENT OF A ROOM, AS A FINE PAINTING WOULD BE
"A scarf is admittedly, not a tapestry, not a dress; it is a mere square of silk or some other material intended to be worn around the head. But it can be treated as a work of art. It can be collected like a rare book or print. By slow degrees, a whole repertory of designs has been assembled, commissioned from nearly every modern painter of eminence but including, too many names yet unknown to the public. It is no little achievement, in itself, to have approached successfully so many different artists. But, in the result, something like a revolution has been accomplished in industrial design, and it must be the subject of congratulation that this has taken place in England.”
"Not a few of these Ascher scarves, will be framed upon the walls a hundred years from now, for they are among the best and most characteristic products of our day.”
- Sacheverell Sitwell, 1947