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As Promised the Inspiration for the Presentation de Chevaux HERMES Silk Scarf

Anyone, who loves the Carre will have undoubtedly noticed the longstanding love affair Hermes has had with the horse.  Many scarves have featured the horse throughout the carre’s introduction 1937.  Whether a scarf features a single horse, such as the Frontaux et Cocardes, several horses, like our subject matter today or horse riding venues and […]

Plaques à Sabler, a Grygkar Treasure

Plaques a Sables HERMES Rare

The Plaques à Sabler, which was designed by Hugo Grygkar and first issued in 1956, is a very interesting carre.  First off it is monochromatic.  And then what are we really looking at? Plaques à Sabler, literally translates as “sanding plates”.  But what does that mean? After a little research, I have learned that these […]

Ecuries, The Inspiration behind this coveted Hermes scarf

Écuries, Stables, has, as the name suggests, a very equestrian themes, so popular with many vintage Hermès carrés.  As the name promises, we see horses, all twenty of them, in their respective stables. Hugo Grygkar, The Father of the Carre, as I like to call him, designed this fabulous scarf in 1947, which was reissued in 1993 and […]

Vintage Hermes Silk Scarf Perles du Kenya with Hermes Box

The highly sought after, Perles du Kenya Hermès silk scarf, was designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko and first issued in 1997. Dimitri Rybaltchenko is the son Vladimir Rybaltchenko (1939 – 2002), who in turn was the great-nephew of Philippe Ledoux, all renowned Hermes artists. Dimitri’s father brought us for example all time Classics such as the Cavaliers d’Or. […]