Sentence examples for square silk from inspiring English sources

One is minor: two square silk scarves that Matisse designed, in suavely understated dark purple and dark blue, for the London firm of Ascher, in 1947.

If you have a square silk scarf (commonly found vintage), you can create an ascot-style scarf.

Find a small scarf in a lightweight fabric (square silk scarves typically work best) and pull your hair into a ponytail with one of the corners of the scarf tucked into the loop.

The artists — including one collaboration — each contributed two works to the show, which is sponsored by Sony: an audio piece that can be listened to on headphones, and a 12-inch-square silk-screen image.

The large square of silk net edged in pale satin ribbon was improperly stored and had faded, but the material had not deteriorated.

The formula has been an open secret since the days of Pliny the Elder: fill a pot with water, add a basket of leaves and a square of silk, bring the potion to a simmer.

Brookner notates the ritual of domestic habit like an anthropologist: her friend remembers Julia "placing her underclothes on a chair in her bedroom and covering them with a square of silk reserved for this purpose".

In some accounts she was given a square of silk printed with a local map, a compass hidden behind her hairclip, and a magnifying glass placed in the end of a cigarette.

But at the Liberty flagship on Regent Street, scarves are highlighted at the heart of the store, in its central atrium, and are being marketed on its Web site with a series of video tutorials demonstrating how to turn a square of silk into a halter, plaited headband or puffy bow tie.

A 6-cm (width) by 9-cm (length) square of silk mesh (SERI® Surgical Scaffold) was placed in a retroperitoneal position within the hernia ring with pre-placement of 11 individual sutures of #2 nylon encircling the hernia followed by sequential tightening.

Fold a square scarf (silk preferably) diagonally to create a large triangle shape.