1950s
Date: 1799
1950s
Our Cashmere and fine woollens have made their way around the globe over the years, and one, in particular, made its way back to us after more than 70 years. During an official engagement in the early 1950s, Johnstons of Elgin presented Pattie Menzies, wife of Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, with a delicate Cashmere shawl.
Our longest-serving Chairman Edward Harrison sent the design to Australia, where it was described as ‘an article of real interest...probably the lightest ever pure cashmere made’. Dame Pattie treasured the piece, and in 2021, following her death, her family returned the shawl to us for preservation in our archives.
