20 Mar
Ex Libris (1946)
Designer: Hugo Grygkar (unsigned)
Year: 1946, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1998, 2001, 2006
Also available in 45cm, 90cm cash/silk, 45cm mousseline, 140cm cash/silk (Fall 2008)
Number of screens: 5
One of the Ten Best-Selling Hermes Carres of All Time
seton says: If I remember correctly, this carre is adapted from a bookplate (hence “Ex Libris”) designed by minor 19th Century French painter Alfred de Dreux (yes, the subject of the 1993 Hermes carre of the same name), a favorite of Emile Hermes. Emile Hermes was, of course, the head of Hermes at that time. In fact, it is his intials that are at the center of the “duc” (the emblem of Hermes of Paris). See below.
Ad campaign from Fall 2006:
Cash/silk GM, Fall 2008 Knotting Cards:
Ref. xx1063
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