Hermès Paperoles 90

Designer: Hermès
Pattern: Paperoles 
Color: Orange
Size: 90cm
Material: 100% Silk
Artist: Claudia Stuhlhofer Mayr
First Issued: Original Motif 2000
Condition: In pristine condition. Still has original store tags attached.
Includes: Store tag, box, tissue paper and will always include signature Abigail Goodman gift wrap

From The Hermès Fall-Winter 2000/01 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: For the literary minded, "paperoles" refers to the paper slips which Marcel Proust used to stick to his manuscripts when adding further passages to his masterpiece of lost time. In the olden days too, the term referred to the slim rolls of paper used in the eighteenth century to make reliquaries and other objects, holy or, as in the case of this coach, profane. Now on show in the Hermès collection, it comes from a Florentine collector of antiques.

From The Hermès Spring-Summer 2017 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: Paperoles are meticulously rolled, fine strips of paper that can be assembled to make up all kinds of objects, generally with a religious theme. They were crafted by nuns with the most marvellous dexterity. In the 1990s this rare example of a secular-themed paperole - a berline de gala, or ceremonial carriage, from the early 19th century - was found in a Florentine antiques shop. Hermes acquired it and added it to the house's collection. The unusual object, which inspired this scarf design by Claudia Stuhlhofer-Mayr, is remarkable in every way: the wheels can turn, the front-wheel axle pivots, and each detail is fastidiously reproduced, from the horses' harnesses to the coach driver's gaiter button. Everything is made from paper and cardboard, with the exception of the carriage lining in silk, and the horses' legs, which are carved in wood.