Reference: Guide to Hermes Scarves

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Hi, thank you sdsurfchick, the name on the scarf says:
Mississippi Steamer
Clipper Australien
Yacht Royal Britanique
Terre Neuva de St Malo
Atlantic Liner 1840
Goelette Francaise
Vapeur D'excursion Finlandais
Corvette

Have you seen it before?
Thank you and best regards,
 
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brage9, thank you for the links! What an informative article and fantastic photos! This colorway of Brides de Gala takes my breath away. Somewhere, there must be a secret Hermes vault with all the rare treasures. I've always wondered why they don't have a museum.

I think the book is the exposition's catalog.
 
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Bond7Girl said:
sdsurfchick, hope you don't mind me asking but by HSCI do you mean this website? http://www.hsci.hermesscarf.com/index.php

If there is a message board or a registration link to be able to get to other features, I can't find it there :/ It'd be amazing if there is another hangout for Hermes scarf collectors!
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Well, I suppose this will get deleted if it's breaking rules of which I'm unaware. Write to [email protected] for membership on their chat board.
 
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brage9 said:
Hi, thank you sdsurfchick, the name on the scarf says:
Mississippi Steamer
Clipper Australien
Yacht Royal Britanique
Terre Neuva de St Malo
Atlantic Liner 1840
Goelette Francaise
Vapeur D'excursion Finlandais
Corvette

Have you seen it before?
Thank you and best regards,
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brage, I just don't know if I've seen it. But I am going to scroll through 20,000 pix to find for it! Hopefully the clue to the name is in these words. Thanks.
 
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sdsurfchick, thank you so very much! You've just taken care of my weekend reading :)

The nautical scarf: I can't help any with the name research but I grew up in a seafaring family, so I can tell a bit about the more obscure boats on it.

Terre-neuva de St. Malo means a fishing boat from St. Malo (a port in Brittany) that specialized in fishing cod in the waters of Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve in French). Vapeur d'excursion finlandais is a Finnish excursion steamer. Goélette française is a French schooner.

What throws me is that there should be two Ns in 'britannique' but there is only one; and that the boat naming switches to English convention a couple of times. Maybe the naming of the older scarves has its quirks!
 
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RE: "Confidents des Coeurs" here is a pic of the feet. I have forgotten what the initials stand for; anyone know?
ConfidentsdesCouers04.jpg
 
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Thanks for the research assistance sd and Bond7Girl! I didn't get any further in trying to confirm the hypothesis. What can I say except 'wow' :smile1:




Bond7Girl said:
textilegirl, as I have a Persona and as I'm geeky, I did some serious Dubigeon googling. I'm pretty positive Loïc Dubigeon did both those books and Hermes designs. I couldn't find an official source that would connect his both creative personalities but in France, it is an extremely rare first name / last name combination, so it's unlikely that there could have been TWO contemporary artists with this name. The only fact seems to be that he was born in 1934 and died in 2003.

Hopefully sdsurfchick would find us the proof!
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sdsurfchick said:
All I found was that this topic has been discussed for years, and that he did in fact create all those drastically different designs and erotic art. If you all are members at HSCI, you can search messages for his name and scroll back to 2005!
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Fascinating, thanks for sharing!

Bond7Girl said:
sdsurfchick, thank you so very much! You've just taken care of my weekend reading :)

The nautical scarf: I can't help any with the name research but I grew up in a seafaring family, so I can tell a bit about the more obscure boats on it.

Terre-neuva de St. Malo means a fishing boat from St. Malo (a port in Brittany) that specialized in fishing cod in the waters of Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve in French). Vapeur d'excursion finlandais is a Finnish excursion steamer. Goélette française is a French schooner.

What throws me is that there should be two Ns in 'britannique' but there is only one; and that the boat naming switches to English convention a couple of times. Maybe the naming of the older scarves has its quirks!
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