Ombrelle Magique (L’)

AKA >> The Magic Umbrella

Le Carre Hermes > Autumn-Winter 2010

This parasol sewn from pheasant feathers on silk, its handle formed by a china bird-woman, in part from Emile Hermes Collection. It fascinates all who approach it. Like Princess Menehould, take the scarf which tells its tale and, thus adorned, wander the world, from east to west and from north to south, as in an enchanted garden !

Hermes

There once was a prince who wanted to marry a young woman, as free as the wind and as beautiful as a bird. The Old Hermit of the Chesnut Tree offered him a magic umbrella, decorated with a porcelain bird-woman, which took him all around world, from north to south and east to west. When he finally kissed her lips, a young woman appeared, freed from a curse cast upon her. This cane-umbrella from the Emile Hermes Collection is a fairy tale heroine. Sewn with pheasant feathers, it's topped with a porcelain figure decorated with flowers. The designer's hand was guided by the poetry of this object created at the beginning of the 21st century by the German manufacturer, Meissen.

Hermes Historias De Carres > Autumn-Winter 2010

A prince once wanted to marry a young girl, as free as the wind and as beautiful as the birds. So the Old Hermit of the Chestnut Trees offered him a magic parasol, decorated with a porcelain bird-woman, which took him to the four corners of the world, from East to West and from North to South. When at last he planted a kiss on its lips, a young girl appeared, freed from her fate. A cane parasol from the Emile Hermes Collection is the heroine of this story. Sewn with pheasant feathers, it is topped by a figurine in porcelain, whose body is decorated with flowers. The poetry of this statuette, created at the start of the nineteenth century by the German factory of Meissen, inspired them designer.