Hermès Scarf - Feux de Route

 

This lovely Hermès scarf, Feux de Route, was designed by in 1971 by Caty Latham.

The center shows the rear of a carriage with a large lantern.  

Woven wicker design frames the entire scarf.

In the center near the bottom is the scarf title:  FEUX DE ROUTE

In the bottom left corner is HERMÈS - PARIS  ©.

This scarf was designed by Caty Latham, but unlike most of her scarves, this is unsigned.

Caty Latham has designed lots of scarves for Hermès.   Most are signed.  

I obviously like her style, and have blogged most of them.

Check out these.

Copeaux, Farandole, Washington's Carriage, Feux de Route, Feux de Route plissée, and  Roues de Canon.

Like all the vintage Hermès scarves, this is 100% silk.  

I only get the 90cm size, which is the standard for the carre (square).

And, like all Hermès scarves, this drapes well.

 

The scarf looks totally different when plissé (pleated).

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The pleating is done by Hermès and I have heard that you can send one of your regular ones back to Hermès to be pleated (for a cost, of course).

To see the other Hermès scarves I have blogged, click here.

Hermès Scarf - Les Roues de Canon - Cannon Wheels

 This lovely Hermès scarf was designed by Caty Latham in 1967.  It shows the decorative wheels designed for cannons.  

There are six different wheels shown.

The center is a two wheeled cart.  I assume these are ceremonial carts, since they are so fancy.

At the bottom, center, is HERMÈS and PARIS.

In the lower right corner is the artist's signature, "Caty" (Latham).

Caty Latham has designed lots of scarves for Hermès. Check out these.  I obviously like her style, and have blogged most of them.

Copeaux, Farandole, Washington's Carriage, Feux de Route, Feux de Route plissée, and this one, Roues de Canon.

The signature, Caty, is a little hard to see.  It is found at the lower right of the wheel.

This scarf was designed in 1967.  Where is the copyright mark?  Starting in 1955, Hermès hid a simple letter C to show their copyright.  I have been unable to find it on this scarf.  If you find it, let me know!   This article by Ladi and Carre de Paris illustrates copyright marks on Hermès scarves.  That site is a treasure of information.

The color is almost a dried blood red.  Like all Hermès scarves, it drapes beautifully.  This scarf has a couple of minor flaws, which makes for guilt-free wearing.

Roue, pronounced ROO, meaning wheel, is not to be confused with roué, pronounced RooAY, which today means a cad or lecher.  The word roué originally meant broken on the wheel (an inquisition torture), and later came to mean a person who deserves to be broken on the wheel because of licentious behavior.

To see the other Hermès scarves I have blogged, click here.

Hermès Plissé Scarf

Hermès silk scarves have been made since 1937.  The plissé scarves first appeared in 1980 in an attempt to appeal to a younger crowd.  These are the very same regular scarves, but with pleats ironed into place.  ("plissé" would be pronounced "Please A")

These tend to be stored curled.  When new, they come in a round box.

One of the forums I read said, in May 2012:

 "you can send every silk twill carre (lately dry-cleaned or new) to your H store and it will be pleated in Paris. I did this often without any problems. Last week I received a plisse from my H store and I paid 44 euro for pleating. "

This scarf is Qu'importe Le Flacon

You can see my blog of this scarf in blue here.

You can see that pleating completely changes the look of the scarf.  The top scarf in red is pleated.  The bottom scarf in blue is standard silk.

Greytstore describes the scarf:

"Flacons" aka "Qu'importe Le Flacon Pourvu qu' on ait L'ivresse...." designed by French artist, Catherine Baschet, and first issued by Hermès in 1988. Her design carries the subtitle “Qu’importe le flacon Pourvu qu' on ait L'ivresse...." or "no matter the bottle, as long as one gets intoxicated" which is a line from a poem by early 19th century, romantic period, French poet and playwright, Alfred de Musset (b.1810-d.1857) about his lover, French female writer and early feminist, Armandine Aurore Lucille Dupin (b. 1804-d.1876) who wrote under the nom de plume of George Sand.

While this line referred to both Armandine and drinking absinthe and wine, the artist cleverly substituted perfume flacons full of heady, intoxicating aromas in lieu of bottles of intoxicating wines and absinthes. As the design was described in the Hermès 1988/1989 Fall/Winter Catalogue...."Perfume bottles from around the world adorn 'Flacons.' The flacons of history lie side by with the flacons of Hermès: the long, elegant bottle of Calèche, Hermès' first perfume for women; the pure lines of the 'Amazon H' bottle; the curves of the horse-bit inspired 'Parfum d'Hermès.' Our artist added whimsical touches to the exquisite detail of the scarf--look at the perfume spilling from unstoppered flacons!"

If you're looking for ideas to tie a plissé scarf, check out maitai's blog.  

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The next scarf is Feux de Route.  This was designed by Caty Latham in 1971.  It shows carriage lamps.

To see the other Hermès scarves I have blogged, click here.

Hermès Scarf - Farandole

 

This lovely scarf was designed by Caty Latham in 1985 and reissued in 1992.  It is a variety of butterflies surrounding a square of wildflowers.

This color combination of pink and green looks very 50s to me.

Caty Latham also designed another of my scarves, Copeaux.

At the top-center is the title, "Farandole".

According to foodrepublic.com, "Typically, farandole translates to “medley,” “arrangement” or “assortment.” You'll see it describing dishes that involve multiple vegetables or fruits, as well as cheese plates and buffet-style dining."  

So I guess this is an assortment of butterflies!

The artist's signature, "caty", is in the bottom right corner.

The copyright is in the bottom left corner.  ©HERMÈS

In the bottom, center, is HERMÈS - PARIS.

The care tag is intact - albeit with a loose thread. . .

I had read that the letters on the ends of some caretags (M in this tag) indicate that the hand-rolled hems were done by a "master seamstress".  I have also read that that is just a story someone made up, with no basis in fact.  I kind of liked the story!

Like all Hermès silk scarves, this 35 inch square drapes and ties beautifully!

To see the other Hermès scarves I have blogged, click here.

Hermès Scarf - Copeaux

This dramatic scarf was designed in 1998 by Caty Latham.  The title, "Copeaux," means "Shavings" - those curls of wood when a plane scrapes wood to smooth it.  (Copeau is singular, copeaux is plural.  Both are pronounced "Cope Oh".)  There are lots of wood curls on this scarf, along with tools.









It was first issued in 1998.  It was reissued in 2000 and 2001.

The signature, Latham, is found in the bottom right corner.

The Hermès logo is found in the bottom center.  

The copyright is in the top left corner, shown below:

The care tag is stitched at the back of the top right corner:

 The title of the scarf, "Copeaux", is centered under the horse medalion in the center.

I have no idea what most of these tools are for.  I did find a plane, and dividers, and some odd hammers.  Is that a coping saw around the title?  

Figuring out these tools will be a fun exercise.

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Like all Hermès scarves, this drapes beautifully.

To see the other Hermès scarves I have blogged, click here.