Alliances du monde
Eppli explicitly dates the first appearance of Alliances du monde to 2004.[1] Its 90-centimeter silk example has a light-blue ground and ring motifs.[1]
Dorotheum independently attributes the design to Annie Faivre and associates it with 2004.[2] Its larger silk-chiffon example, decorated with jewelry on light blue, measures approximately 142 by 136 centimeters.[2]
Fortuna describes a silk-twill square in which gold- and silver-toned rings intertwine with a red ribbon against yellow, enclosed by a rope border.[3] It connects the design with the Ghysels family’s ring collection, but the notice does not reproduce the collection documentation.[3]
The catalogues support both the jewelry subject and two textile treatments.[1][2][3] A separate auction notice instead reports an edition in 2005; that wording does not establish whether it contradicts the first-year account or describes a later issue.[1][4]
Still open: The exact printed signature and inaugural release remain unconfirmed. The consulted records do not establish a complete reissue history or a documented annual-theme connection.
Alphabet III
Bolaffi identifies Alphabet III as a silk square designed by Annie Faivre and associates the object with 1990.[5] Its dimensions are 90 centimeters square.[5]
A Gros & Delettrez catalogue records a silk-twill example with a taupe border and transcribes the artist’s signature as A. Faivre.[6] This supplies the precise shortened name printed on that object.[6]
Tonnerre Enchères independently records the title, Faivre attribution and 90-centimeter silk format.[7] The agreement across these catalogues establishes the basic identity of the square.[5][6][7]
Bolaffi’s catalogue image shows stylized letters with birds and plant ornament.[5] The 1990 heading documents an associated date, but does not explicitly identify an inaugural release or explain the relationship to other numbered alphabet designs.[5]
Still open: The exact printed signature and inaugural release remain unconfirmed. The consulted records do not establish a complete reissue history or a documented annual-theme connection.
Armets en panache
Stockholms Auktionsverk attributes Armets en panache to Annie Faivre and dates the design to 1995.[8] Its silk square shows helmets and swords against blue, with a blue-and-gold border.[8]
The same notice records dimensions of approximately 90 centimeters square and distinguishes the house marking from a separate copyright indication.[8] It does not transcribe Faivre’s own signature.[8]
Austin Auction Gallery independently attributes a black-and-gold example to Faivre.[9] It measures approximately 35 inches square and retains a care label.[9] Olsens also records a black silk-twill example with gold-colored ornament and a 1995 design date.[10]
The records agree on the artist and support the familiar 90-centimeter scale.[8][9][10] Their dating is associated with the design, but a contemporaneous publication would be needed to establish the inaugural release and any later editions more precisely.[8][10]
Still open: The exact printed signature and inaugural release remain unconfirmed. The consulted records do not establish a complete reissue history or a documented annual-theme connection.
Ashanti
Artcurial identifies Ashanti as a Carré 90 designed by Annie Faivre.[11] This provides an auction-house source for the artist attribution and nominal format.[11]
A specialist listing also credits Faivre and dates its silk scarf to 1997.[12] The described object measures approximately 88 centimeters square.[12]
The measured size belongs to that individual scarf, while the Artcurial category supplies the nominal 90-centimeter format.[11][12] The two records agree on the artist without reproducing the exact printed signature.[11][12]
The title is preserved as catalogued, but the consulted descriptions do not establish a specific source object or a detailed cultural interpretation of every motif.[11][12] The reported 1997 date is not independently established as the inaugural release by the auction notice.[11][12]
Still open: The exact printed signature and inaugural release remain unconfirmed. The consulted records do not establish a complete reissue history or a documented annual-theme connection.
Aux pays des épices
Sotheby’s identifies Aux pays des épices as an Annie Faivre design issued in 2001.[13] Its subject brings together spices from different parts of the world.[13] The catalogued orange example is a 90-centimeter silk-twill square.[13]
A separate auction catalogue describes a blue example with peppers from Espelette and other spices arranged in a fan-shaped composition.[14] It gives 2001 as an edition date and reports a return in 2008.[14] This is a documented reissue claim, although the notice does not reproduce a contemporary Hermès release record.[14]
Bolaffi independently records a 90-centimeter silk example attributed to Faivre and dated 2001.[15] The agreement establishes a useful chronology across separate catalogues without converting their edition dates into an explicit statement of the inaugural release.[13][14][15]
The orange and blue examples demonstrate different color treatments of the same named design.[13][14] The descriptions support the spice subject and the artist attribution, but do not identify every botanical element or connect the composition to a particular journey by Faivre.[13][14][15]
Still open: The exact printed signature and inaugural release remain unconfirmed. The consulted records do not establish a complete reissue history or a documented annual-theme connection.
Chemins de corail
Chemins de corail is attributed to Annie Faivre by Dorotheum, whose catalogue explicitly dates the original design to 2016.[16] The entry describes coral and coral necklaces in graduated reds against an indigo-blue ground, with a narrow coral-red edge.[16] This combination gives the documented example a subject that moves between the living marine form and coral used as an ornament.[16]
A different description adds a more personal origin.[17] Abigail Goodman reproduces a passage attributed to the Hermès Fall-Winter 2016/17 scarf booklet, connecting the design to Faivre's memories of childhood in Africa.[17] The passage interprets coral through its evocative color names and its changing place in natural-history classification.[17] Because the original booklet was not examined here, this remains an attributed account of the artist's inspiration rather than a directly verified statement from Hermès.[17]
Two auction houses independently document the silk square.[16][18] Dorotheum measured its example at 88.5 by 89.5 centimeters and recorded a rolled hem and the company name.[16] Great Western Auctions offered a separate example in December 2023, also credited to Faivre, with approximate dimensions of 90 by 88 centimeters.[18] Its listing noted an accompanying box and receipt but did not transcribe the receipt or establish the scarf's purchase date.[18]
The 90-centimeter format is also recorded in the Beaune auction catalogue of September 2024.[19] There Chemins de corail appears under Faivre's name as lot 110, while another of her designs, Grands Fonds, is listed separately as lot 112.[19] This supplies a limited, documented connection between two marine titles within her work, without establishing a shared commission or a sequence of development.[19] A collector's illustrated account lists a fuchsia, gray and burgundy example from Fall-Winter 2016, adding another recorded color treatment to the indigo example catalogued by Dorotheum.[16][20]
Still open: The exact artist signature on the silk was not transcribed by the sources consulted. The booklet was encountered through a dealer’s transcription, not an original copy. No documented reissue, alternative format or annual-theme connection was established.
Kimonos et inros
Eppli attributes Kimonos et inros to Annie Faivre and explicitly dates its first appearance to 1986.[21] The description identifies four kimonos and several inrō, ornamental containers with compartments.[21]
Dorotheum independently associates the design with 1986 and records a silk example with a dark-gray ground, measured at 86 by 89 centimeters.[22] A Chiswick notice instead dates the design to 1996, so the catalogues do not offer a wholly consistent chronology.[22][24]
Bijoux Occasions documents a 140-centimeter shawl described as cashmere and silk in green, gold and blue.[23] The listing states that its composition label is absent, which limits independent confirmation of the specified fiber percentages.[23]
A Couton Veyrac Jamault catalogue also attributes an emerald-green silk square to Faivre.[25] These separately catalogued objects support the attribution and format range, while the 1986 versus 1996 dating discrepancy requires a seasonal house document to resolve.[21][22][23][24][25]
Still open: The exact printed signature and inaugural release remain unconfirmed. The consulted records do not establish a complete reissue history or a documented annual-theme connection.
La charmante aux animaux
La charmante aux animaux is attributed to Annie Faivre in an Eppli catalogue that explicitly dates the design's introduction to 2010.[26] The auction description connects its subject to the tales told by Scheherazade: an island inhabited by free animals and a lone hunter carrying a bow.[26] This identifies a literary setting for the composition rather than a named real-world place.[26]
A second auction record supports the attribution and the date.[27] Vanderkindere's January 2026 catalogue includes the scarf in a group of four Hermès silk squares, identifying Faivre and 2010 and giving approximate dimensions of 89 centimeters square for the group.[27] Eppli separately records the named design as a 90-centimeter silk square with hand-rolled hems.[26] The two entries provide independent object records, although neither supplies a contemporary release document.[26][27]
The design is documented at a smaller scale as well.[28] The Hôtel des Ventes du Tarn catalogued a silk Gavroche under this title in lot 114, attributing it to Faivre and measuring it at 45 by 45 centimeters.[28] A separate auction listing records a 140-centimeter version containing 65 percent cashmere and 35 percent silk.[29] These notices support three known formats without establishing whether they all entered the collection in the same season.[26][28][29]
The composition's decorative character is described by Carré Society, whose coral-colored example brings together stylized animals and interlaced ornament.[30] Its listed palette includes orange-red, ivory, pale gold, brown, blue and mauve.[30] The image captions identify a detail of Faivre's signature, but they do not transcribe the exact lettering.[30] That distinction leaves the artist attribution well supported while keeping the signature's precise form open for direct examination.[26][27][28][30]
Still open: The exact signature and a contemporary release document were not verified. The reported connection to specific Fatimid doors has not been matched to museum accession records. The catalogues document several formats but not their release sequence.
La promenade de platon
La promenade de platon is attributed to Annie Faivre in both a scarf specialist’s catalogue and contemporary coverage of its adaptation for Hermès watches.[31][32] The scarf listing records a 90-centimeter silk square and reports 2013 as the original motif’s year.[31] A dated collector’s article published in December 2013 also names the design and artist, providing evidence that the subject was being discussed that year.[33]
The account attributed to the Fall-Winter 2013/14 scarf booklet places the composition in the gardens associated with Plato’s Academy.[31] It links the figures to Greek vase painting: a horse and rider to the Penthesilea Painter, a javelin thrower and horse to Euphronios, a discus thrower to the Niobid Painter, runners to the Euphiletos Painter and wrestlers to the Andokides Painter.[31] These identifications remain the reported booklet interpretation rather than independent archaeological identifications of the printed figures.[31]
In 2016 the subject crossed from silk into watchmaking.[32] Luxsure describes three individual Arceau Pocket pieces based on Faivre’s scarf, using miniature enamel painting, sculpted gold and engraving.[32] One treatment places a horse within foliage in brown tones; another sets a rider against dark blue enamel and separately positioned gold leaves.[32] A further treatment combines four rose-gold horses with a white-gold background.[32]
The same article connects those watch covers to the 2016 Hermès theme of nature at a gallop.[32] That is evidence for the watches’ presentation, not a reason to move the scarf’s introduction to 2016.[31][32][33] The dated 2013 discussion and later watch coverage distinguish the textile’s earlier existence from its subsequent adaptation, while leaving the precise inaugural season to be confirmed from an original house record.[32][33]
Still open: The exact printed signature and inaugural season remain unverified. The watches are documented adaptations, not evidence of a scarf reissue. A complete list of silk colorways and later formats is not established.
Sources and limits
- Alliances du monde, lot 56 · Eppli, Very Important Lot2020-11-14
- Alliances du monde, lot 307 · Dorotheum2023-12-05
- Alliances du monde, lot 3016 · Fortuna
- Alliances du monde, lot 48 · Gazette Drouot
- Vintage Fashion 453, lot 220 · Bolaffi
- Catalogue, lot 374 · Gros & Delettrez2024-11-13
- Catalogue, lot 4 · Tonnerre Enchères2021-05-16
- Armets en panache, 3704127 · Stockholms Auktionsverk, Auctionet2024-09-01
- Armets en panache · Austin Auction Gallery
- Armets en panache, 43678 · Olsens Auktioner2024-11-24
- Ashanti, lot 127 A · Artcurial
- Ashanti by Annie Faivre · 1stDibs
- Aux pays des épices, lot 143 · Sotheby’s2019
- Catalogue, lot 150 · Catalogue de vente du 12 décembre 20202020-12-12
- Vintage Fashion 457, lot 171 · Bolaffi
- Chemins de corail, lot 199 · Dorotheum; Regina Herbst2026-03-11
- Chemins de Corail 90 · Abigail Goodman
- Chemins de Corail, lot 2618 · Great Western Auctions2023-12-01
- Hermès scarves, lot 110 · Gazette Drouot, vente de Beaune2024-09-27
- 28 Scarves And How To Wear Them · Happyface3132024-06-18
- Kimonos et inros, 1176502 · Eppli, vente directe
- Kimonos et inros · Dorotheum2021-12-14
- Kimonos et inros · Bijoux Occasions
- Kimonos et inros, lot 42 · Chiswick Auctions
- Résultats, lot 573 · Couton Veyrac Jamault2015-06-18
- La Charmante aux Animaux, lot 115 · Eppli im Königsbau, archive Very Important Lot2020-12-12
- Catalogue, lot 311 · Vanderkindere2026-01
- Catalogue, lot 114 · Hôtel des Ventes du Tarndocument daté du 2025-04-09 dans son adresse
- Best of KB 2557 · Gazette Drouot, catalogue Eppli2020-09-12
- La Charmante aux Animaux corail · Carré Society
- La promenade de Platon 90 · Abigail Goodman
- Arceau Pocket La promenade de Platon · Luxsure; Pascal Iakovou2016-09-20
- La Promenade de Platon · Lady with an X2013-12-28
Separate catalogues do not always prove independent dating. A date given for a design is not assumed to be its first edition unless a source says so.