La Clé des Champs - Hermès Scarf #2

 A year ago I got a scarf, La Clé des Champs, in lovely pastel shades of damask silk.  It is one of my favorite scarves, although it is well worn.  I was tickled to find another with a gray border.

The scarf was designed in 1965.  It was reissued in 1990 and 1995.  Hermès stopped producing damask fabric in 2001/2002.  This gray one is a more recent iteration, and it is not a damask fabric.

Some other differences are the location of the artist signature, Fr(ançoise) Faconnet.

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And the Hermès Paris.  The early one does not have a copyright mark.

{Update 11/17/22: After two years of searching, I found the copyright mark on the older scarf.

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Like all Hermès scarves, this drapes well and is fascinating to study.

Hard to believe - the last Hermès blog post was four months ago!

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

Hermès Scarf - Dies et Hore - Astrologie

This Hermès scarf is a lovely addition to my collection.  People call it "Dies et Hore" because that is what is printed to the left of the center sun.

The real title is Astrologie.

There are at least 26 different color scarves in this pattern made in the last 57 years.  This design was reissued in multiple colorways in 1980, 1986/87, 1988, 1989/90, 1999, 2003, 2003/2004 and 2008. The signs of the zodiac are always in gold (no matter what color the scarf is).  The artist's signature may appear in the gold octagon border or may appear in the black border (in which case it is hard to find.) 

Originally created in 1963, it has been reissued many times.  This one is probably a later issue.

On the bottom, center is "HERMÈS-PARIS".  In this scarf, to the right is the signature of the artist, Françoise Faconnet, in the gold octagon.

Notice the shadows of the gold zodiac symbols.

This attention to detail is characteristic of Hermès products.

This scarf still has the 4 line care-tag.

It is hard to tell the color - it looks black - but the jacket is navy - and the hat is black.

These scarves are so versatile. Note that the scarf was pleated and wrapped around the neck in both the following pictures.  The only "difference" is that the "center" was pulled out in the second picture.

The copyright is in the gold.

© HERMÈS

This is one of the most popular designs.

Here is Jackie O.

and on December , 2020, Dr. Birks wore this scarf.  

The headline of the article is 

Dr. Birx: COVID-19 vaccine won’t ‘save us from this current surge’.

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