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Hermès Point d'orgue Cashmere Silk 140

Sale price$1,200.00

Designer: Hermès
Pattern: Point d'orgue
Color: Red
Size: 140cm
Material: 70% Cashmere 30% Silk
Artist: Pierre Marie
First Issued: Original Motif 2012
Condition: In overall very good condition. Some fuzziness, one are of discoloration shown in last photo and fabric tag has been removed.
Includes: Box, tissue paper, ribbon and will always include signature Abigail Goodman gift wrap

From The Hermès Spring-Summer 2012 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: The fermata or Point d'orgue suspends time, marking a silence or note whose scope and length expands into space and the listener. With its infinite breath, the organ best creates this sensation. Its size and power are both extraordinary and its history ancient. Three centuries Before Christ, Ctesibius of Alexandria, invented the hydraulis, the organ's forbearer. The design takes liberties. Here pipes, bellows and keyboards burst in a fantastic bouquet. Drawing inspiration from engravings of a 18th century treaty L'Art du facteur d'orgues by Dom Bedos de Celles, beyond this sumptuous and mad composition Pierre Marie recalls the words of Lamartine "O time, suspend your flight..."