Square ginkgo patchwork scarf in blue with gold details

Four-sided ginkgo, circles, fan-detail and plain blue panels in 140 x 140 cm

The ginkgo leaf has been an Art Nouveau staple in British design since the Liberty London archive of the 1900s, where Arthur Lasenby Liberty's in-house designers used the bilobed fan-shape as a recurring motif on silk and cotton prints. This 140 x 140 cm square patchwork scarf takes that lineage and rebuilds it as four coordinated faces. Panel one carries the ginkgo leaf itself printed in white and gold on a deep blue ground, treated as a repeating overall pattern rather than a single oversized leaf. Panel two sits in a graphic field of concentric blue circles, the abstract counterweight to the figurative leaf. Panel three breaks the ginkgo silhouette into fan-shaped fragments, like a Liberty offcut. Panel four is a calm mid-blue with a single gold accent line, the resting place between the three patterned faces. Black tassels at the four corners, fine gold-thread overlock along the perimeter.

The ginkgo print in the British wardrobe

In the UK market the ginkgo print reads quietly: it is the Liberty-aligned print that lives next to William Morris florals and Sandersons botanicals in the same drawer. Worn as a shawl with the plain mid-blue panel forward, the scarf gives a calm blue drape over a navy or camel coat for everyday wear. Worn folded with the ginkgo leaf panel forward, it claims the Liberty-archive vocabulary openly, pairing with a quilted jacket, a navy trench or a fine knit jumper. The circles panel reads more graphic-modern, working alongside a cotton blazer or a denim jacket. The fan-fragment panel sits between the two, more abstract than the leaf but more figurative than the circles. The 140 cm format takes any of these readings without trimming the tassels.

Styling: navy coat, camel trench, denim jacket, knit dress

Navy coat + ginkgo panel forward: the canonical Liberty-aligned pairing for an autumn walk. Camel trench + plain mid-blue panel forward: the calm drape for everyday office wear in transition months. Denim jacket + circles panel forward: the weekend graphic pairing with white trainers. Knit dress + fan-fragment panel forward: the indoor evening pairing where the abstract reading lifts a plain knit. Other scarves to consider: four-sided scarves, square scarves, scarves.

Materials and care

Fabric: 100% polyester, lightweight and crease-resistant, with hand-applied gold-foil print for the ginkgo-leaf, fan and accent-line motifs. Four panels assembled along the centre cross with a fine gold-thread overlock along the full perimeter. Tassels: matching black polyester yarn, hand-knotted at each corner. Care: hand wash cold or machine wash on a delicate cycle inside a mesh laundry bag, avoid bleach, iron at low temperature on the reverse side if needed.

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