RARE VTG 40s-50s Brooke Cadwallader / Beau Brummell 36" Silk Scarf Mens Fashion- hand rolled hems, top quality and a HARD TO FIND print. If you collect Brooke Cadwallader scarves, don't miss out on this!
It is in excellent overall condition, with no feathering or pulls. There is one tiny moth chew or pinhole from a brooch, as shown, and it can only be seen by holding it up to the light. It has a couple of tinny spots, as shown, and one super light pink one, as shown. See photos. Found in Carmel, California, on a recent buying trip!

Here is some great info about the designer: Brooke Cadwallader. I had never heard of Cadwallader but he was a prolific designer of scarves in the late 1940’s through 1950’s. It could be said that he was the first major American designer of label scarves in the vein of Hermes. He produced a range of numbered limited edition scarves, of which the first of each design was sent to whoever was the first lady of the United States at the time.

The scarves primarily depicted historical subjects such as the Declaration of Independence, maps, noteworthy monuments, state flowers, etc. This particular scarf includes Marco Polo, Ponce de Leon, Daniel Boone and Christopher Columbus.
Cadwallader lived in Paris in the years before WWII and began by designing prints for fabric. One of his first designs was bought by Schiaparelli who printed it on scarves. The success of the design and the association with such a major name in fashion established Cadwallader as a primary source of fashion designers in Paris.

I found examples of other Cadwallader scarves on my research, several of which are in the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. These depict classic American cars, Native American figures and women’s fashion.


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