Scarves Authenticate This HERMÈS Scarf READ 1ST POST BEFORE POSTING!

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momasaurus said:
Thank you for your help!

Item: Auth Hermes La Mare Aux Canards
Listing number: 263619037740
Seller: apehed
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Auth-Herme...037740?hash=item3d60eb4a2c:g:JSoAAOSw4i5Zuxmy
Comments: I have seen pix of this same CW but with signature in white, and with c copyright after HERMES PARIS. One might be a reissue? Thanks for sharing your expertise.
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The mare aux canards is authentic
Reissue yes
This design has huge variations from exemplar to exemplar - manufacturing issues - so all exemplars do not look alike - one of my fav , have it in several cws
Sorry unable to pull mine out to check but this one is a light cobalt although it sometimes photographs as turquoise , the color does not photograph easily and accurately
These photos seem close but would have to pull mine to be certain - I have dirty hands - it is breakfast time
Checked my photo cannot remember if border is red or pink
 
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marietouchet said:
The mare aux canards is authentic
Reissue yes
This design has huge variations from exemplar to exemplar - manufacturing issues - so all exemplars do not look alike - one of my fav , have it in several cws
Sorry unable to pull mine out to check but this one is a light cobalt although it sometimes photographs as turquoise , the color does not photograph easily and accurately
These photos seem close but would have to pull mine to be certain - I have dirty hands - it is breakfast time
Checked my photo cannot remember if border is red or pink
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Thank you, MT. Sorry to disrupt your breakfast, LOL! I appreciate your expertise, especially with reissues, oddball issues, color misrepresentation, etc.
 
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Good morning MT!
Would you be able to authenticate this scarf - it's a jacquard!

Item - AUTHENTIC HERMÈS Carre 90 "Par Mefsire ANTOINE DE PLVVINEL" Silk Scarf
Listing number - 263608966909
Seller - reference-shop
Link - https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
comments - I've heard that there are some fake jacquards - I'm hoping this isn't one as I love this color!
Thanks for all your help!
 
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Cookiefiend said:
Good morning MT!
Would you be able to authenticate this scarf - it's a jacquard!

Item - AUTHENTIC HERMÈS Carre 90 "Par Mefsire ANTOINE DE PLVVINEL" Silk Scarf
Listing number - 263608966909
Seller - reference-shop
Link - https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-HERMÈS-Carre-90-Par-Mefsire-ANTOINE-DE-PLVVINEL-Silk-Scarf/263608966909?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
comments - I've heard that there are some fake jacquards - I'm hoping this isn't one as I love this color!
Thanks for all your help!
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I'm not sure the link is working - here it is again:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-HERMÈS-Carre-90-Par-Mefsire-ANTOINE-DE-PLVVINEL-Silk-Scarf/263608966909?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

Edited again - it works in the quote! <facepalm>
 
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Cookiefiend said:
Good morning MT!
Would you be able to authenticate this scarf - it's a jacquard!

Item - AUTHENTIC HERMÈS Carre 90 "Par Mefsire ANTOINE DE PLVVINEL" Silk Scarf
Listing number - 263608966909
Seller - reference-shop
Link - https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
comments - I've heard that there are some fake jacquards - I'm hoping this isn't one as I love this color!
Thanks for all your help!
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The instruction is authentic
 
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momasaurus said:
Interesting. The background is sort of a two-toned, stripey mix, like trying to give a lake effect?
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It is supposed to look like cloisonne - think chinese vase ware
The ducks definitely look Chinese cloisonne - you can see the cloisons - where the metal would stick up to hold each color of enamel
The background has a basse taille look - where they engraved the bottom of the piece and would have used a transparent enamel - think Fabergé. And in certain cws the background recedes - kinda 3D like
But the stripes are kinda blurry - like real metalwork topped with enamel - the stripes are not perfect nor were they supposed to be
Blurry techniques on the scarves had just been developed when this design was new - gradient border on Folies, the rocky border on Pierres d Orient, marble on Carpe Diem .
To me this is an old style artisanal design - not the mass produced ones of today
This was a big innovation by Hermes - remember there was no ink jet printing then, this was all screened. It took H a few years to work out the kinks in the printing which is why there is a lot of variation between exemplars but the good ones are stupendously good
My photo is kinda blurry - no one ever said I can take photos well - bu you get the idea about the 3D look and variation in stripe width
 

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marietouchet said:
It is supposed to look like cloisonne - think chinese vase ware
The ducks definitely look Chinese cloisonne - you can see the cloisons - where the metal would stick up to hold each color of enamel
The background has a basse taille look - where they engraved the bottom of the piece and would have used a transparent enamel - think Fabergé. And in certain cws the background recedes - kinda 3D like
But the stripes are kinda blurry - like real metalwork topped with enamel - the stripes are not perfect nor were they supposed to be
Blurry techniques on the scarves had just been developed when this design was new - gradient border on Folies, the rocky border on Pierres d Orient, marble on Carpe Diem .
To me this is an old style artisanal design - not the mass produced ones of today
This was a big innovation by Hermes - remember there was no ink jet printing then, this was all screened. It took H a few years to work out the kinks in the printing which is why there is a lot of variation between exemplars but the good ones are stupendously good
My photo is kinda blurry - no one ever said I can take photos well - bu you get the idea about the 3D look and variation in stripe width
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Wow, that is truly fascinating, mt! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! It really makes me appreciate the artistic craftsmanship of this scarf. I kinda want one now. This is why this thread is so dangerous!
 
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Joannadyne said:
Wow, that is truly fascinating, mt! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! It really makes me appreciate the artistic craftsmanship of this scarf. I kinda want one now. This is why this thread is so dangerous!
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I am glad to have enabled you about an oldie !
The cws on this one were out of the ordinary too - love the cobalt & neons - the 1980s & 1990s were all about navy, wine/red, dark green/emerald - kinda what I call Gucci colors - not a lot of brights sometimes
I have a funny feeling that some designers got input into the colors for theirs - they got to color outside the box - Mare aux Canards is an example - Pierres is another - lots of bright yellow and purple. Whereas, the classics - Cles, Bdg, anything by Originy - lumbered on in the less controversial in blue/red/green Gucci colors
I have several nicely-printed exemplars of this one, and the printing is deliberately blurry - I love the fact that was a mind blowing skill at the time. The Jeu des Omnibus Remix/ Suite et Poursuite also have crooked/blurry lines, but, IMHO, those betray the facty that they are done with modern printing - not an artisan squeegeeing the ink himself.
 
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