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Circa: 1960s
Condition: Excellent
Size: 11"X36" OBLONG
Type: Polyester
Manufacturer: Vera Neumann
Vintage 60s Vera Poly Deep Blue/Green Oblong Scarf
Vera Neuman said that the reason her scarves had her signature was that each begins as a painting. That's quite evident in this lovely polyester oblong scarf. I love this shape because it can be used in so many ways...
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on the head, at the waist, around the neck, in lieu of a blouse, even as a blouse of sorts, if it fits!
The measurements are: 11"X 52.5" Thats even long enough for a light wrap over the shoulders! And the colors!!! They are Vera's trademark.
*VERA NEUMANN (1910-1993)
What would one day become the vast Vera empire began humbly in the years immediately following the Second World War, in the New York City apartment the designer shared with her husband and business partner, George Neumann, son of a wealthy Viennese textile company owner. Vera, who had studied art and design at New York City's Cooper Union, transformed her kitchen table into a workstation where she silk-screened botanical motifs onto linen place mats.
A third partner in the budding enterprise, F. Werner Hamm, hand-delivered these early creations to the Fifth Avenue department store B. Altman. He showed them to the buyer, and the buyer liked the new and fresh designs. In fact, he liked them so much the order almost floored the young entrepreneurs. How could they possibly deliver?"
But deliver they did, and within a decade, Vera Neumann was well on her way to becoming a household name. Americans had never seen prints like these on their tables, and they couldn't get enough of them.
Responding to the strong public demand, the designer's offerings quickly expanded to include tablecloths, napkins and all manner of home accessories. Her own firm, the Vera Companies, produced linens, scarves and sportswear, while licensing agreements allowed her to develop dinnerware for Mikasa and Island Worcester, fabric and wallpaper for Schumacher and sheets for Burlington Industries.
Vera products of all sorts are being collected now by an enthusiastic public; some scarves being hung in groups and treated as they began: small paintings.
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