HERMÈS silk carré 'CIELS BYZANTINS',

HERMÈS silk scarf 'CIELS BYZANTINS', by Julie Abadie, design first published in 1997. Retail price: 495,-€. 100% (brocade) silk. These illuminations with their gentle floral symmetries give the mind an impulse that leads it to meditation and self-reflection. They adorn the manuscripts of sacred texts that the monks keep among the treasures of their bizantine libraries on Mount Athos, the island of Patmos (the Aegean retreat of St John the Apostle) and St Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, a centre of learning. Hand-rolled hems. 90 x 90 cm. Stains present.