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Hermès Brazil 90

Sale price$475.00

Designer: Hermès
Pattern
: Brazil
Color: Black
Size: 90cm
Material: 100% Silk
Artist: Laurence Bourthoumieux
First Issued: Original Motif 1988
Condition: In overall excellent condition.  do not see any signs of wear.
Includes: Just the scarf, but will always include signature Abigail Goodman gift wrap

From The Hermès Spring-Summer 2009 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: Over the centuries, the indian in Brazil has mingled his feathers with his past, with his rituals and with his festivals: sumptuous headdresses and finery, jewellery ornaments and musical instruments - sheer bursts of colour! The art of the feather has evolved in a green and sombre environment where the plume of the birds surpasses that of the flowers. More than one thousand different species, some of which are unique in the world, offer an incredible array of colours and shapes. Furthermore, of the 350,000 Indians living in Brazil, 60% reside in the tropical forest where isolated tribes still live today, completely cut off from the rest of the world.

From The Hermès Fall-Winter 1988/89 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: Primitive man dreamed of flying and since he could not, he adorned himself with beautiful birds' feathers hoping to rise above his terrestrial fate. Today, the sons of Icarus fly in airplanes to surmount their pedestrian condition, but the fascination of feathers remains. In Brazil, they are everywhere: in fashion, head-dress, musical instruments, in celebration of rituals and tumult of festivities.