Candidate catalogue entry
Chevaux d'Hephaistos
Title: Candidate · not independently reviewedElias Kafouros
Artist credit: Candidate · not independently reviewed
The inherited pilot metadata remains provisional. The separately reviewed note below does not promote the catalogue record or establish a first-edition year.
Brief creation story
The story, in brief
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Two horses bring ancient Greece into conversation with Parisian engineering in Chevaux d’Hephaistos. Hermès describes Elias Kafouros’s paired horse heads as part of a curling form inspired directly by the structure of the Eiffel Tower. Within the artist’s imagined story, their maker is Hephaestus, the Greek god associated with blacksmithing and metallurgy. The connection is a creative proposition, not a claim that the tower or the horses have an ancient origin.[1]
Metal is the bridge between these worlds. A modern structure supplies the design’s architectural idea, while a mythological maker gives that structure an imagined life. The result can be read as a meeting of drawing and fabrication: the horse becomes a way to think about how something is assembled, as well as what it represents.
Hermès Macau records reference H004365S 03 in Crème / Vert / Marron Glacé. This version is a French-made carré 90 in silk twill, finished with hand-rolled edges and measuring approximately 88.5 by 88.5 centimeters. Its specifications do not establish the motif’s first edition.[1]
First-edition year: not established by these sources.
Sources and limits of this note
- Chevaux d'Hephaistos scarf 90 · HermèsHeading / product title · Designed by / Dessiné par field · The story behind, line 83 · Product information lines 26–54
Evidence details and uncertainties
- title · supported
- Chevaux d'Hephaistosoriginal_designChevaux d'Hephaistos scarf 90, Heading / product title
- artist · supported
- Elias Kafourosoriginal_designChevaux d'Hephaistos scarf 90, Designed by / Dessiné par field
- first edition year · unknown
- Unknownoriginal_design
- composition · supported
- Twin horse heads in a volute inspired by the Eiffel Tower’s structure.original_designChevaux d'Hephaistos scarf 90, The story behind, line 83
- imagined narrative · supported
- Kafouros imagines Hephaestus as the maker of the two iron horses.manufacturer_narrative_about_designChevaux d'Hephaistos scarf 90, The story behind, line 83
- documented variant · supported
- {"reference": "H004365S 03", "format": "scarf 90", "composition": "100% silk twill", "finish": "hand-rolled edges", "made_in": "France", "dimensions_cm": [88.5, 88.5], "dimensions_approximate": true, "colorway": "Crème / Vert / Marron Glacé"}variant:H004365S 03Chevaux d'Hephaistos scarf 90, Product information lines 26–54
- mythological reference · supported
- The source identifies Hephaestus as Greek god of blacksmiths and metallurgy.manufacturer_narrative_about_designChevaux d'Hephaistos scarf 90, The story behind, line 83
What is documented
- Title
- Chevaux d'Hephaistos Candidate · not independently reviewed
- Artist credit
- Elias Kafouros Candidate · not independently reviewed
- First edition
- Unknown Unknown
Reviewed product variants
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