Featured STORAGE UNIT AUCTION FIND - COLLECTION OF VINTAGE(?) HERMES SCARVES!

This was found in a storage unit won at auction. It is from the same unit that I found the designer purses & ladies clothes. I bought 4 large suitcases + a large box of clothing & this was in the bottom of a box of clothes I just got around to! (I still have 1 more box I haven't gotten to yet because there is so much clothing already that I am still sorting - but now I think I'll take a look through sooner!)

There are 10 scarves by Hermes (including one that is at least 5ft across - maybe a shawl scarf?), 1 by Burberry, 1 by Christine Ricci & 2 by Christian Audlier(?) (the Ed Hardy designer) & 2 I don't know who they are by & why I am posting this.

The first one I need help with is the one with the elephants & the 2nd is almost like an accordion - thin as a whip when left alone & opens like a fan when you put it on your head(?)

Thank you for any info!



Below is the one that is like an accordion or a Japanese fan! The art would be more clear & larger if I stretched it open more, but I didn't know if that would hurt it and wanted to ask you all here first (I was worried it wouldn't go back to it's closed shape)



This is around 5ft wide (close as I could tell with a retractable metal ruler!) by Hermes made of silk or something very thin - what is it??!


I found this one which it was said is rare & vintage Hermes; I'd like to know if the others are vintage or rare too - it looks like the lady collected Hermes scarves (plus a few others) so I'm hoping the other Hermes are rare or vintage too!

 

Here are some of the others - their laid out on my couch which is why they aren't perfectly square - I'll find a clean flat space to photograph them when I sell them - after I learn what I have!
Thanks all



Almost forgot this very thin lace piece that was in with the scarves - is it a scarf too?

 

From what I can see, the Hermès scarves look pretty good. They should be heavy silk twill with a hand-rolled hem. There is a great web resource for identifying. Here: http://piwigo.hermesscarf.com. You'll want to know pattern name, designer and year. Condition will be important too but, for most part, they'll be up to $350-ish.

If you post the designer/brand names of all scarves, we can tell you where to prioritize your efforts. But you should start with Hermès. If your intention is to sell them on eBay or similar (and not via TheRealReal) you will need them authenticated.

Debora

 

Wow, they are beautiful!

 

I am in absolute awe,
and so happy for you they’re are soooo beautiful especially the one with the horse carriage!!!

 

The pleated one should go back if you don't keep it stretched out for too long. I have something of the type, although not Hermes & not silk, that is sort of a collapsible/compressible evening wrap. Not sure what would happen to it if it got wet, but no trouble getting it to bunch back up. The black one, if large enough, look like an evening wrap too.

 

The accordion like one is scarf size - not evening shawl size at all - but the giant Hermes one is shawl size; is that what it is?

 

Is the "giant" one the one with palm frond design? It may be a shawl which should be silk twill and measure 55" x 55". Here's one with a similar theme.

Debora

 

No, yours appears to be counterfeit. The hem is machine-stitched instead of hand-rolled. And the logo is not quite right.

Debora

 

well if it is it's the first thing this lady has that is

 

The size is right - although measuring with a metal retractable ruler isn't the best way - I can attest to that!

 

Can anyone tell me about the elephants one?

 

Your photograph is out of focus. But from what I see it's after a photograph by J. & F. Sommer. Here's one from same on etsy.com. Designer is someone named Carle Verneto and it was produced by this museum.

https://www.etsy.com/in-en/listing/613293852/carle-verneto-silk-scarf-vintage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_de_la_Chasse_et_de_la_Nature

Debora

 

Thank you Debora!

 

The Hermes Scarf Collectors International website may be helpful.
Another good website: Carre de Paris.

My favorite is the Quai Aux Fleurs scarf.

 

I like the Le Tenue de Venerie. I have 3-5 more that I didn't photograph yet because my camera's memory card was full!

 

Here is the Burberry one.

 

With the hand stitched hems and heavy silk twill fabric, they seem legit to me

Try to search the titles together with "carré HERMES"

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Superbe-Foulard-carre-HERMES-Sequences-100-soie-TBEG-vintage-/112391119245

https://www.bijouxoccasions.com/hermes/10644-carre-hermes-la-tenue-de-venerie-en-soie.html

The large pink one seems to be a pareo, beach wear, in light cotton fabric (voile de coton)

 

Thanks. It's very sheer/thin and big! I will definitely look up beach wear
Thanks again