Hermès - PROFILE - Foulard

Vintage Hermès scarf titled “Profilé” or “Lift Profilé,” first edition 1974, reissued in 1984
The drawing is by Shan Merry, pseudonym of Manoëlle Guillemot, a refined French artist and Hermès collaborator. Gold decorative motifs on a dark red background and burgundy details frame a monogram of two interlaced H’s, one of the House Hermès symbols. Cartouche with inscription “Hermès Paris” and copyright symbol. Rare Hermès scarf from the 1970s in silk twilly, hand-rolled.
In the center of the drawing, framed by antique bridle bits, two interlaced “H”s recall the marriage of Émile Hermès and Julie Hollande in 1900. This monogram was affixed to the doors of the store at 24 Faubourg Saint-Honoré during the major works in 1924 and still adorns the elevator inaugurated at that time. A few decades later, Richard Nixon, then President of the United States, found himself blocked in front of the staff and his bodyguards astonished. In memory of this episode, the elevator was renamed after its illustrious prisoner. At Hermès, small history sometimes meets the grand.

SIZE AND MEASUREMENTS | The scarf measures 86 x 88 cm. A timeless Hermès classic
Fairly rare and fairly sought after by collectors
Dominant colors: warm brown, gold, and brass.
Delivered in its Hermès outer box

Very good condition: rolled edges swollen, no pulled threads, no stains, no discoloration, no holes.