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There is no legend for the magazine photo, but the ceramics are spot on , one assumes they are Cambodian ? or Tang?
I cannot explain why Bernon - the Cambodian scholar stands in front of possibly Tang horses ... but I bet there are horses are at the museum Guimet in Paris
https://www.efeo.fr/biographies/notices/bernon.htm
Despite the rubric in a recent online sale ... I dont think the scarf was done for a boutique opening, I think it was done in conjunction with a museum exhibit of Tang Horses (known as Ferghana/ Heavenly Horses cf Wiki) ca 1997 in Beijing and Hong Kong - the exhibit was called Heavenly Horses / Cheval Chinois and Hermes did a catalog for it in collab with Guimet
 
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marietouchet said:
There is no legend for the magazine photo, but the ceramics are spot on , one assumes they are Cambodian ? or Tang?
I cannot explain why Bernon - the Cambodian scholar stands in front of possibly Tang horses ... but I bet there are horses are at the museum Guimet in Paris
https://www.efeo.fr/biographies/notices/bernon.htm
Despite the rubric in a recent online sale ... I dont think the scarf was done for a boutique opening, I think it was done in conjunction with a museum exhibit of Tang Horses (known as Ferghana/ Heavenly Horses cf Wiki) ca 1997 in Beijing and Hong Kong - the exhibit was called Heavenly Horses / Cheval Chinois and Hermes did a catalog for it in collab with Guimet
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I’m so thrilled to have a scarf that is for an exhibition. Yes the info I read online was for an online auction house that indicated it was for HK store reopening. So cool and I will treasure its history even more. Thanks so much MT!:heart::flowers: PS per Xcs query: do you happen to know if the colors were tweaked or changed from the original 1998 issue?
 
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lanit said:
I’m so thrilled to have a scarf that is for an exhibition. Yes the info I read online was for an online auction house that indicated it was for HK store reopening. So cool and I will treasure its history even more. Thanks so much MT!:heart::flowers: PS per Xcs query: do you happen to know if the colors were tweaked or changed from the original 1998 issue?
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Imho heavenly horses came only in the one golden yellow shown but galop volant - regular issue - had diff cws
Imperial Chinese yellow sounds about right for the hh version , but it would photograph as green in some lighting conditions / cameras
Tang horses are famous for their green glazes though though the ones on the silk, don’t look very Tang like and look like unglazed terra-cotta colored as in the photo from the museum article
 
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Ps the hh version of 1997 would have been the first
The muse Guimet has a large collection of unglazed tang terra-cotta horses , imho, they were copied for the silk
Imho, the Guimet magazine photo is spot on , it caught my eye not the text , why they photographed Bernon in front Chinese artifacts , idk
 
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nicole0612 said:
I am so thrilled to have just added a second cocottes de soie
I am going to play with tying these together to make a longer scarf.
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Sooooo I need some advice. I was thrilled, because I thought I had found a third colorway of Cocottes de Soie. However, once it arrived (one month after buying it), I realized that two of the edges were cut off! I filed for a return, and the seller offered me a big discount. What would you do? It obviously has no objective value left to it, but I’m sure I can tie it in a way that it is not noticeable.
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nicole0612 said:
Sooooo I need some advice. I was thrilled, because I thought I had found a third colorway of Cocottes de Soie. However, once it arrived (one month after buying it), I realized that two of the edges were cut off! I filed for a return, and the seller offered me a big discount. What would you do? It obviously has no objective value left to it, but I’m sure I can tie it in a way that it is not noticeable.
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I wouldn't keep it, nicole. Wait for another one!
 
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nicole0612 said:
Sooooo I need some advice. I was thrilled, because I thought I had found a third colorway of Cocottes de Soie. However, once it arrived (one month after buying it), I realized that two of the edges were cut off! I filed for a return, and the seller offered me a big discount. What would you do? It obviously has no objective value left to it, but I’m sure I can tie it in a way that it is not noticeable.
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I'm not the pickiest person but that would KILL me. Return it (because it obviously wasn't part of the description) or make it into a small cushion or something if the price is 'giveaway'. Personally, I would return, the design is compromised.

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My other 2 (whole) scarves [emoji4]
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Love both of these cws

Croisette7 said:
I wouldn't keep it, nicole. Wait for another one!
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ITA :tup:
 
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nicole0612 said:
Sooooo I need some advice. I was thrilled, because I thought I had found a third colorway of Cocottes de Soie. However, once it arrived (one month after buying it), I realized that two of the edges were cut off! I filed for a return, and the seller offered me a big discount. What would you do? It obviously has no objective value left to it, but I’m sure I can tie it in a way that it is not noticeable.
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I agree with @papertiger that if the price is an absolute giveaway maybe use the silk to make something, but otherwise return it. If it hurts you to look at it you're not going to enjoy it. As much as it stinks now, it's going to be salt in the wound every time you want to wear it, just my opinion.
 
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ajaxbreaker said:
You'd think my grail scarf would be easy to find but so far I've had no luck: I want a Grand Prix du Faubourg by Ugo Gattoni. The stores in my area still carry a few but only in the colorways that I DON'T want, namely the monochrome blue/white, black/white, or anthracite/orange. I found the purple colorway in a store and liked it, but I already have the purple Double Sangles from this season and it'd be too similar to that. There don't seem to be any good colorways popping up on resellers either :sad:

I also want a blue Les Bains d'Hermes. Ugo Gattoni's designs are just magical, so fun.
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Did you find the Les Bains btw?
 
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