If you are a fan of Caty (Cathy) Latham, also known as Caty Latham-Audibert, then this is a sure MUST-Have.
Madame Latham’s career with the Maison Hermes spans over five decades and includes some 50 carres. Many of her designs have become synonymous with the Hermes carre, like her Les Cles for example or the winter favorite, Neige d’Antan.

Her Soleil de Soie (Silk Sun) scarf embodies a number, twenty to be axact, of her most popular and perhaps most memorable designs, skillfully arranged into one fabulous carre!
Let’s see if we can find all twenty of them:
At the top center is her undoubtedly most famous carre, Les Cles – the Keys. The Ferronnerie is on the right and the Oiseaux Migrateurs on the left.
Moving along to the right, one of my personal favorites, the Roues de Canon precedes Mexique with its bold feathers. Farandole’s lovely butterflies follow suit.
Another personal favorite, her stunning Frontaux et Cocardes cannot be missed and India is represented by the peacock, of course. The Feux de Route with its oversized coach lights can be spotted right away.
Egypte which powerfully ankers the right lower corner is flanked by the frosty Neige d’Antan, while the Memoire d’Hermes may be slightly more illusive.
As we continue our journey clockwise, the bold Reveries Japonaises and the iconic Washington’s Carriage both have a bold presence. The shy Gaucho stretches its reigns well into the left lower corner. The Petite Main, is it here? Ah, yes, hiding in plain sight, right above the Gaucho.
Aux Champs and Flies, as in fly fishing lures that is, almost complete this perfect scarf circle. But what would this scarf be without Monsieur Garnier? You guessed it – incomplete!
The Hommage a Charles Garnier marks the left top corner. The Tahiti finds itself between the Opera House and the lures. Now back at the top the geese complete our little journey and bring us back full circle.
Twenty fabulous carres wrapped up into one unforgettable Latham Classic, the Soleil de Soie!

List of Caty Latham’s carres in alphabetical order. Carres represented in her Soleil de Soie are highlighted:
- Anemones – 1983
- Aux Champs – 1970
- Bolduc au Carre – 2007
- Brandebourgs – 1972
- Carnets de Bal – 2007
- Chevalerie – 1970
- Cléfs (Les) / Cles (Les) / The Keys – 1965
- Confort en Automobile – 1996
- Copeaux – 1998
- Correspondance – 1990
- Couvee d’Hermes – 1994
- Cuillers d’Afrique – 1997
- Doigts de Fee – 2000
- Egypte – 1970
- Emblemes de l’Europe – 1993
- Epaulettes – 1977
- Farandole – 1985/1992
- Farandole des Champs – 1985
- Ferronnerie – 1970/2003
- Feux de Route – 1971/1995
- Fleurs de Montagne – 1962/1982
- Flies – 1988
- Frontaux et Cocardes – 1968
- Gaucho – 1978/1986/2000
- Harald – 1976
- Hommage a Charles Garnier – 1986/1991
- India – 1986
- Maillons – 1973
- Memoire d’Hermes – 1992
- Mexique – 1985
- Neige d’Antan – 1989/2006
- Neige d’Antan Detail – 2001
- Oiseaux du Roy (Les) – 1994
- Oiseaux Migrateurs – 1977
- Petite Main – 1987
- Porte Bonheur – 1976
- Reveries Japonaises – 1991
- Roues de Canon – 1967
- Rythmes – 1974
- Scarabees et Pectoraux (Reissued Egypte) –
- Sequences – 1983/2003/2006
- Soleil de Soie – 1995/1999/2003
- Sulfures – 1979
- Sulfures et Presse-Papiers II (détail) – 2002
- Tahiti – 1971
- Tibet – 1999
- Tout Cuir – 2002
- Tout en Quilt – 2008
- Vendanges – 1966 (Caty Latham-Audibert)
- Washington’s Carriage – 1978
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