Hermès - Under the Waves - Scarf
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Hermès Under the Waves scarf in red, 90 × 90 cm, 100% silk twill, designed by Alice Shirley in 2016 to depict the Great Barrier Reef, with hand-rolled and hand-sewn edges, in very good condition.
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Hermès Under the Waves scarf – red, Great Barrier Reef, 90 cm
Hermès Under the Waves – the scarf Alice Shirley designed in 2016 as a tribute to the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland in northern Australia. The largest living organic structure on Earth, on UNESCO's World Heritage list, rendered here the way it actually works – an endless ballet of forms and colours, with a sea turtle swimming to Milman Islet to lay her eggs, a leafy sea dragon hiding among the seaweed fronds, a mandarin fish hunting for plankton. Each owes its existence to the fragile balance of this ecosystem.
Shirley is among the most recognisable Hermès designers of the last decade — her carrés combine scientific precision with a wild, illustrative imagination. The red palette of this version gives the reef a different context than the classic ocean blues. It changes the rhythm: not the quiet of underwater, but coral in full daylight.
Details:
Material: 100% silk twill
Edges: hand-rolled and hand-sewn
Dimensions: 90 × 90 cm
Colour: red
Motif: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Designer: Alice Shirley
First edition: 2016
Made in France
Condition: Very good. Slight wrinkles from storage. Two barely visible marks, shown on the photos. No pulls. No box.
A collector's piece.
From a Parisian auction house. Authenticity guaranteed.
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Hermès Under the Waves scarf – red, Great Barrier Reef, 90 cm
Hermès Under the Waves – the scarf Alice Shirley designed in 2016 as a tribute to the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland in northern Australia. The largest living organic structure on Earth, on UNESCO's World Heritage list, rendered here the way it actually works – an endless ballet of forms and colours, with a sea turtle swimming to Milman Islet to lay her eggs, a leafy sea dragon hiding among the seaweed fronds, a mandarin fish hunting for plankton. Each owes its existence to the fragile balance of this ecosystem.
Shirley is among the most recognisable Hermès designers of the last decade — her carrés combine scientific precision with a wild, illustrative imagination. The red palette of this version gives the reef a different context than the classic ocean blues. It changes the rhythm: not the quiet of underwater, but coral in full daylight.
Details:
Material: 100% silk twill
Edges: hand-rolled and hand-sewn
Dimensions: 90 × 90 cm
Colour: red
Motif: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Designer: Alice Shirley
First edition: 2016
Made in France
Condition: Very good. Slight wrinkles from storage. Two barely visible marks, shown on the photos. No pulls. No box.
A collector's piece.
From a Parisian auction house. Authenticity guaranteed.
Seller's Story
Rare & Archival Designer Finds | Vintage & Contemporary Pieces | Authenticity Guaranteed
Details
Era
After 2000
Brand
Hermès
Number of objects
1
Model name
Under the Waves
Material
Silk
Condition
Very good condition, slightly used with small signs of wear
Height
90 cm
Width
90 cm
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