Panthera pardus links Robert Dallet’s animal imagery with a publicly documented conservation initiative. His website reports a 2016 first collection appearance. Contemporary reporting supplies a stronger historical anchor than that retrospective date alone: Karen Sheer’s January 2016 account of Fierce and Fragile at Greenwich’s Bruce Museum identifies the scarf and connects its sales to the wild-cat organisation Panthera.[1][2]
The report describes silk and larger cashmere versions, illustrating why material and scale must be recorded at object or issue level rather than attached indiscriminately to the title. In September 2016, L’Orient-Le Jour reported an exhibition of Panthera pardus scarves at the Hermès boutique during Beirut Art Week. Together, the two reports place the design in a specific year of exhibition and conservation activity, without establishing the exact day of its first sale.[2][3]
These are separate publications, but their information about the campaign may derive partly from Hermès and the organisers. The Beirut article also alternates between all profits and a portion of profits when describing donations. No percentage or total is therefore repeated here. The conservation connection is useful historical context; it is not a guarantee about later reissues or present-day purchases.[3]
Sources and limits
3 recorded evidence origins. Distinct publishers do not establish independent historical corroboration.
- Hermès collaborations · Robert Dallet artist website (operator not independently verified)Consulted 2026-10-27 · openedSilk scarfs captions; lines 38–101; Various products lines 110–116 · FR and EN versions are one origin. Product images/captions credit Hermès; independence from Hermès chronology is not established.
- Fierce and Fragile at the Bruce Museum · Greenwich Free Press; Karen SheerConsulted 2026-10-27 · openedArticle dated 8 January 2016; lines 27–35 and 63–68 · Separate publisher with named reporter and on-site photographs; event/charity information may still originate with Hermès and exhibition organisers.
- Hermès à la Beirut Art Week · L’Orient-Le Jour; Fifi Abou DibConsulted 2026-10-27 · opened15 September 2016; exhibition opening 13 September; lines 218–223 · Separate newsroom, possible event/promotional-source dependence. Internally inconsistent all-profits versus portion-of-profits wording; no donation fraction accepted.
The design identity and correspondence of individual versions remain unconfirmed. Separate publishers do not demonstrate independent historical dating. Dallet website chronology is retrospective, credits Hermès and operator authentication is not established. Contemporary reporting gives campaign context; publisher separation does not prove independent access to the campaign facts.