Hermès Scarf - La Clé des Champs

 Hermès Scarf - La Clé des Champs - The Key to the Fields

This scarf was designed for Hermès by Françoise Faconnet in 1965.  It has been reissued, (1965, 1970s, 1984, 1990, 1995) but some of the more recent ones are not damask.  And some have the fireworks damask pattern.  This is one of the older ones, with the damask initial scroll.

In the center at the bottom is the title of the scarf:  La Clé des Champs. 

(This would be pronounced Lah Clay Day Shahn.  

You already know that Hermès is pronounced Air Mezz.)

At the bottom left is the HERMÈS - PARIS.

The artist signature, F Faconnet, is at the bottom right.  In this photograph, you can see the scroll damask pattern.  You can also see that this has been cleaned and ironed many times, flattening the rolled hems.

I have spent more than two years trying to find the copyright!  In the older scarves it may be non-existent or it may be a simple C hidden in the design.  Finally, I found the C with the help of carredeparis.  You can see it below.

You can see a very faint C in the largest of the little balls above the name of the scarf.

Compared with some of the scarves, this is understated and subtle.

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