John F. Kennedy’s personally owned cream-colored silk scarf from A. Sulka & Company, worn by Kennedy during his tenure as a congressman and into his early senatorial career, measuring approximately 53.5 x 15.5, with attractive herringbone pattern, classic black-and-tan fringe ends, and an embroidered open monogram bearing Kennedy’s initials, “JFK.” In fine condition, with a couple trivial dark marks. Provenance: Robert White Collection, Guernsey’s, 1998. The Sulka brand became synonymous with the style of the upper crust and political elite, and long served as the go-to haberdashery for the likes of the Duke of Windsor, Winston Churchill, Henry Ford, and Clark Gable, amongst others. An accouterment of his classic style, this is an exquisite scarf sported by Kennedy as he strolled the chilly sidewalks of Boston during the early 1950s.
