Entente Cordiale Chateau D’Eu 1843 Special Issue

Carres d'Art > Carres Hermes Editions Speciales

Published for the 150 years of the Entente Cordiale between France and the United Kingdom.

• In 1843, King Louis-Philippe and Queen Victoria met at the Chateau d'Eu in Normandy, northern France. It was in honour of this illustrious meeting that Hermes created this scarf. The first sales were made to the benefit of the Louis-Philippe Museum at the Chateau d-Eu.
• Printed in 150 copies (presumed) / 90 x 90 cm / 100% silk

Le Carre Hermes Paris >> Automne - Hiver 1994 / 95

On September 2, 1843, Queen Victoria made a visit to Louis-Philippe at the Chateau d'Eu to celebrate a Cordial Agreement. The medallions in a circle show us: Treport Church; the arrival of the Queen; the canal that links Eu and Treport; the chateau's facade: the drive in a charabanc coach; the return from the drive, painted by Simeon Fort; Louis-Philippe in a rowboat goes to meet Victoria and Albert; anfd finally the meeting under a tent. In the corvers, we see views of Treport.