'The (Rugby) Football Match' silk pocket square in blue, green & red (42 x 42cm)

Overview: 'The Football Match' is a unique and high-quality silk pocket square in blue, green & red with hand-sewn hem. It was created using artist Roy de Maistre's rugby football painting 'The Football Match'. Presented in a complimentary gift box, it makes a great Christmas gift. Made in England. Size 42cm x 42cm. 

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Design, Inspiration & Quality: 'The Football Match' is a unique and high-quality full-size silk pocket square, Made in England. It has been created using the rugby football painting 'The Football Match' by Australian modernist artist Roy de Maistre CBE in collaboration with its owner, the Janet Holmes à Court Collection in Perth, and Roy de Maistre's Estate. De Maistre (1894-1968) was a pioneer of modern Australian art; he experimented with linking colours of the spectrum to notes of the musical scale, '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.

De Maistre's original oil on canvas rugby 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. 

In Macclesfield, the home of English silk printing, the artwork is reproduced with great care. This enables an excellent balance of design colour & clarity between the printed and reverse sides of the AAA quality Mulberry silk twill, ensuring the pocket square looks perfect whichever fold is used. The image is framed by the pocket square’s blue grey border and the skilfully hand-rolled & hand-sewn 'shoestring' hem in blue. The overall quality of this pocket square from the UK's leading maker is what you would normally expect to find only on London's Savile Row or Jermyn Street.

Gift Presentation: 'The Football Match' is presented in a complimentary Otway & Orford branded gift box with its blueberry-coloured lid and pale blue base. Inside each box, the stylish rugby silk pocket square is tissue-wrapped and accompanied by a card telling the story of the artist and his vibrant artwork.

We also offer a chargeable gift-wrapping service. We can wrap your free gift box with smart wrapping paper & hand-tied satin bow as well as add a personal message into the gift box. Price £6. Click here for more details and to order our special gift-wrapping.

Price/Taxes: Pocket squares sold to outside the UK are provided on a DDP basis (Delivery Duty Paid) to the EU and on a DDU basis (Delivery Duties Unpaid) to all other countries. See below and 'Shipping Services' for more information.