Robert Dallet est un peintre animalier français né en 1923 près d'Etretat (Normandie).
En 1985, la maison Hermès fait appel à lui pour une collaboration et lui propose de dessiner une maquette de carré. Ce premier foulard, qui sera baptisé "Kenya", rencontre un franc-succès et sera le début d'une longue aventure entre l'artiste peintre et Hermès.
Robert Dallet is a French animal painter born in 1923 near Etretat (Normandy).
In 1985, Hermès called on him for a collaboration and offers to draw a Carré. This first scarf, called "Kenya", will be a great success and will be the beginning of a long collaboration between the artist and Hermès.
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| Kenya : the first Carré by Dallet |
Au total, Robert Dallet illustrera 25 carrés dont les plus connus sont "Jungle Love", "Sichuan", "Guépards", "Les Girafes". On pourrait aussi citer "La Trêve de l'Eau", "Equateur", "Tanzanie", "Les Zèbres", "Les Mustangs" ou encore "Les Quatre Saisons".
At the end, Robert Dallet has drown 25 scarves. The most famous scarves are "Jungle Love", "Sichuan", "Guépards", "Les Girafes". We could also add "La Trève de l'Eau", "Equateur", "Tanzanie", "Les Zèbres", "Les Mustangs" and last but not least "Les Quatre Saisons".
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| Les Quatre Saisons (AW 1994) |
Aujourd'hui, je ne vais pas vous parler des plus connus mais des "Quatre Saisons", qui est une illustration de la faune et la flore de Camargue à travers les saisons. Ce carré a seulement été édité une fois, pour la collection automne-hiver 1994-1995.
Mon carré n'est pas en twill de soie mais en cachemire et soie, ce qui le rend parfait pour les températures polaires que l'on a eu en ce début d'année en France ! Et aujourd'hui, est peut-être un des derniers jours avant quelques mois où je peux le porter...
Today, I won't talk about the most famous carrés but about "Les Quatre Saisons"(the Four Seasons), which is an illustration of the Flora and Fauna of the Camargue through the changing seasons. This scarf has only been issued once for the AW 1994/95 collection.
My scarf is not in silk twill but in cashmere and silk, which makes it perfect for the cold temperatures that we had in France at the beginning of the year ! And today is maybe one of the last days I can wear it before a few months...
Voici en détail les quatre saisons...
Here are the four seasons...
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| Printemps - Spring |
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| Eté- Summer |
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| Automne - Fall |
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| Hiver - Winter |
Voici le carré en action. Aujourd'hui, j'ai choisi de montrer la scène hivernale afin d'assortir le foulard avec mon pull gris.
Here is the scarf in action. Today, I have chosen to show the wintery scene to match the scarf with my grey jumper.
Some of the most famous scarves by Robert Dallet :
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| Les Girafes (issued in cashmere/silk shawl for SS 2010) |
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| Les Zèbres |
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| Sichuan (1995, reissued AW 2010) |
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| Jungle Love (issued in dip dye for AW 2011) |
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| Les Mustangs (issued in 70 cm vintage silk for SS 2012) |
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| Paréo from SS 1988 collection |
Lovely Quatre Saisons so beautiful in cashmere and silk . The rich red colours are wonderful for you.i especially love the cameo of the Camargue horses with flamingos in the distance.
RépondreSupprimerI love wildlife and have had a few H scarves with this theme.Unfortunately they didn't tie very well as the inner detail became lost , so I did not keep them.
Now coup de foudre for this one...
Dallet captures wildlife incredibly well, no wonder H asked him back so often.
RépondreSupprimerTrès jolie nuance d'écarlate! Ce post preuve que le rouge est votre couleur, comme vous l'avez mentionné la dernière fois! J'aime bien l'idée de quatre coins différents. Cela quadruple le plaisir de porter le carré, n'est ce pas? ;-)
RépondreSupprimerYou're right Estrella and Iris j, this design is wonderful because of the 4 cameos, so depending on my mood and my outfit, I can choose the "season" that I want and admire it like a painting (the details are amazing), it is almost like having four scarves in one!
RépondreSupprimerThank you for your approbation for the red color.
Beautiful! Thank you for the detail photos, because they really underscore the delicacy in the design. It's not one I've looked at, but now I will, and you wear it exceptionally well.
RépondreSupprimerI must admit (I'm chagrined), I don't often think about the designers of the H scarves, so this post was really informative. There are THREE scarf designs I love that Robert Dallet designed--Giraffes, Zebras (I really should have gotten the pareo of this while in Paris--sigh!), and Mustangs. Thank you, then, for teaching me more about this artist!
The details of "Les Quatre Saisons" are incredible. Thank you Scarfmoodist for the beautiful pictures and artist information.
RépondreSupprimerI saw this Hermès scarf camisole and instantly thought of you and Aesthetic Alterations.
RépondreSupprimerhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hermes-Silk-Scarf-Top-Cami-Vest-Pink-Grey-50s-White-Yellow-44-UK-12-US-8-/260983039933?pt=UK_Women_s_Vintage_Clothing&hash=item3cc3cd27bd
Sorry for the late answer, I was abroad for a week. Thank you all for your sweet words.
RépondreSupprimerCurator,
RépondreSupprimerI have a cardigan from Hermès with silk in the front, it is leopard (much easier to wear than the horses on the camisole ;-))