The Football Match Silk Pocket Square

'The Football Match' is inspired by rugby football and is a high quality, large men's silk pocket square with hand-rolled and hand-sewn hem. It is made in Macclesfield, the traditional home of English silk printing and presented in a complimentary gift box. It was created using the rugby painting, 'The Football Match' by Australian modernist artist Roy de Maistre (1894-1968)  in collaboration with its owner, the Janet Holmes à Court Collection. The original oil on canvas work was painted in 1938. Little known today is that from 1912 to 1948 the Olympic Games awarded medals for art and literature about sport and 'The Football Match' was submitted for the 1948 London Summer Olympics, representing Great Britain.

De Maistre was a pioneer of modern Australian art. He experimented with linking colours of the spectrum to notes of the musical scale; known as 'colour-music' and he was recognised as the first Australian artist to use pure abstraction. Works produced following his permanent move to London in 1930 were in a figurative style and based on his interpretation of Cubism.'The Football Match' is reproduced with a good balance of colour between the printed and reverse side of the silk pocket square which works perfectly with any pocket square fold. The artwork is framed by the pocket square’s blue grey border and blue hand-finished hem.

'The Football Match' silk pocket square makes an ideal gift for men who love their rugby. Whether watching or playing. Inside each high-quality Otway & Orford gift box the pocket square has been carefully wrapped in tissue and is accompanied by a card telling the story of the artist and his artwork.

Made in Macclesfield