Legendary Hermes scarf Faune Et Flore Du Texas by Kermit Oliver 1990s

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Legendary Hermes scarf Faune Et Flore Du Texas by Kermit Oliver 1990s

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“In July 2011, more than five thousand miles east of Waco, an assistant designer at the Hermès silk factory, in Lyon, France, unfurled a ninety-by-ninety-centimeter square of the company’s famous silk twill. It was lushly illustrated with the plants and animals of Texas. “This is my favorite scarf,” she said, pointing out the highlights to those of us assembled at the factory for a tour. The scarf, called Faune et Flore du Texas, was designed for the state’s sesquicentennial and had all the romantic detail of a vintage encyclopedia illustration. The assistant designer ran her finger around a ring of prickly pear that encircled an enormous turkey. Her hand brushed over nests of mallards, clusters of raccoons, a rearing mustang, a wild hare, and a stoic-looking Longhorn. More than fifty native animals coexisted within a viny ivy frame that blossomed with firewheels, Texas bindweed, and a particularly lovely downward-facing sunflower.” "The artist behind Faune et Flore du Texas, said the assistant designer, first caught the attention of Hermès in the eighties. According to company lore, Jean-Louis Dumas, the CEO at the time, loved driving across the United States. On one trip, while visiting Texas, he encountered a painter whose work was so bold but simple, so impressive in its portrayal of animals, that Dumas immediately commissioned a scarf design. That scarf had since been reissued several times and always sold out. The painter’s style was so popular that in the past thirty years, the company had commissioned fifteen more original designs from him. He was the only American artist ever to have designed scarves for Hermès." From Texas Monthly Portrait of the Artist as a Postman…The strange and secret world of Kermit Oliver.by Jason Sheeler 2012. Hermes scarf Faune Et Flore Du Texas by Kermit Oliver 1990s unused in the original box 35”X35”

Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1990-1999
Condition:
Seller Location:
West Palm Beach, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU284291742