Hermès Persépolis 90

Designer: Hermès
Pattern: Persépolis
Color: Blue
Size: 90cm
Material: 100% Silk
Artist: Sophie Koechlin
First Issued: Original Motif 2000
Condition: In very good condition. One area of discoloration by hand rolled edge. 
Includes: Just the scarf but will always include signature Abigail Goodman gift wrap

From The Hermès Spring-Summer 2000 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: An empire resides between the frontiers of this scarf. And it is the greatest of ant-iquity, that of Achaemenes and the satraps of sumptuous renown. It will need the genius of an Alexander to vanquish it, but the conqueror will die before he can unite Persia with Greece. In the meantime, Darius I, the founder of Persepolis, parades in his chariot, formidable with his guards - the Immortals, with his court of the Faithful and with his armies. It would need more than a mere lion to halt the King of the Persians.

From The Hermès Fall-Winter 2000/01 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: In our innocence we believe the world to be eternal. But where did all the great civilisations of antiquity end up? What happened to the Persian Empire, with all its warriors and navigators, whom Alexander once dreamed of defeating? We are left with the theories of historians who tire themselves out by recreating lives from dusty ruins. Poor souls, they see only with the dull eyes of erudition. So, to offer them the spectacle of bubbling reality, here is Darius I, the founder of Persepolis, amongst his royal guard and followed by his faithful retinue.