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Sabina Savage Wool & Silk The Floating Rabbits Square Scarf in Cinnamon Sienna

• Square
• Printed from a Hand-Drawn Illustration
• The Original Illustration takes Sabina Around Six Weeks to Complete
• Multicolor Print
• Hand-Finished Fringed Edges
• Lightweight

This design references many elements of the arts and culture of Edo-period Japan. It features a pair of black tailed jackrabbits in the foreground corners, with a third floating behind while strung up to a paper lantern. The foremost jackrabbits are wearing miniature kawari kabuto (strange helmets), featuring stylised metal and lacquer rabbit ears, and between them rests a similar helmet in the form of a crouching rabbit. These helmets are based on true artefacts from Edo-period Japan. The central floating jackrabbit is sporting a woven, tasselled cloth bearing a famous samurai crest, while the lantern above is daubed with the word ‘rabbit’. A variety of traditional paper lanterns are strung from the top border, and a square trellis-style partition is visible behind, a nod to a detail in many antique woodblock prints. Behind the protagonists is a layered, grassy hillside teeming with white rabbits and silver reeds, and a round, glowing moon in the sky. The upper and lower borders feature lacquered and ivory animal-shaped menuki, tiny carved sword grips created in almost-matching pairs. Above and below the menuki sits a woven style border based around the handle grip of a samurai sword. The outer edges are lined with a striped flagpole tied at the corners and looped samurai rope. Throughout the design, details and measurements are noted in Japanese hand-script, echoing ancient zoological manuscripts from the 17^th century. A haiku is scrawled down the left-hand side of the illustration, and a stamp/seal bearing a silhouetted rabbit and the name Sabina Savage brands the top left corner.

Translation of Sabina’s haiku within this design:

Silently, at dusk,

A hare is flying over 

A hundred rabbits

Every Sabina Savage design is hand illustrated, telling the story of the collection through the composition and details. The scarves are drawn in full, and the four corners of each scarf offer different elements, ensuring the wearer will display a unique feature however the scarf is folded.

Fabric: 70% Wool, 30% Silk
Size: Approx. 53" x 53"
Care: Dry Clean Only
Origin: Printed & Made in Como, Italy