Hermès 140 shawl Sous le Charme d’Orphee

Year of Issue: 2024

Theme: L’esprit du Faubourg (In The Spirit of the Faubourg)

Artist: Alice Shirley

Story behind: Based on the Sous le charme d’Orphee scarf design. A tiger, a peacock, a bull, and a python, along with a centaur and winged horse… all the animals of Greek mythology form a joyful ring around five ancient trees: an olive tree, bay tree, pomegranate, apple and Aleppo pine—each one charged with symbolism. Some dance, while others sleep under a starry sky. Orpheus, a disciple of both Dionysus and Apollo, also the protagonist of this scarf, is a master of extravagance, as well as wine, wisdom, music and rhythm. He is the poets’ poet, a shaman and magician who can bewitch the world with his lyre and move with the gods of the underworld.