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Hermès Per Astra ad Astra 90

Sale price$315.00

Designer: Hermès
Pattern: Per Astra ad Astra
Color: Mauve
Size: 90cm
Material: 100% Silk
Artist: Sandra Laroche
First Issued: Original Motif 2009
Condition: In fair-good condition. Some runs and discoloration show in last photos. 
Includes: Just the scarf and will always include signature Abigail Goodman gift wrap

From The Hermès Spring-Summer 2009 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: The card Per astro ad astra-"Through the stars to the stars" - has been drawn from the epic by Jean-François de Galaup, Count de La Pérouse. Ordered by the King in 1785 to oversee a scientific and commercial expedition, his frigates, Astrolabe and Boussole, were both shipwrecked in the archipelago of Santa Cruz in Oceania. The carré portrays a compass dial with ribbons and floral garlands, such as depicted in the 18th Century. Surrounding the portraits of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are French Officers trading with the locals, while botanists study the nature... Oh so many scenes inspired by the log book, a part of which was brought back to Versailles.