The Xu Zhimo Silk Scarf

The Xu Zhimo Silk Scarf features a close-up photograph of the bark of the willow that stands next to the Cam in the gardens of King’s College, Cambridge. The tree which would have stood at the time that Xu Zhimo was at King’s features in the poem, “On Leaving Cambridge, Again”.

The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;