Candidate catalogue entry
Tous en Selle
Title: Candidate · not independently reviewedDaiske Nomura
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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Daiske Nomura gives saddles an unexpected freedom in Tous en Selle. Hermès traces the design to examples preserved in its Conservatoire de Créations, alongside the rock-inflected and romantic qualities of the artist’s earlier illustrations. In the house’s description, the saddles hang as though they could fly. Their patterns and colors provide the energy of an otherwise light, uncomplicated composition, bringing preserved objects into an imagined space.[1]
The idea is appealingly economical: an object associated with carrying a rider seems ready to travel by itself. That gentle suspension invites a different sort of attention to saddlery, letting the saddle become a protagonist rather than something noticed only in relation to a horse. This is an interpretation of the composition, not an account of the artist’s intention.
For the recorded French product reference H004204S 02, Hermès specifies Gris Bleuté / Blanc / Beige Doré, silk twill and hand-rolled edges. Made in France, this carré 90 measures approximately 88.5 by 88.5 centimeters. The palette and measurements belong to this version.[1]
First-edition year: not established by these sources.
Sources and limits of this note
- Carré 90 Tous en Selle · HermèsHeading / product title · Designed by / Dessiné par field · Les secrets d’un objet, line 81 · Product information lines 26–42
Evidence details and uncertainties
- title · supported
- Tous en Selleoriginal_designCarré 90 Tous en Selle, Heading / product title
- artist · supported
- Daiske Nomuraoriginal_designCarré 90 Tous en Selle, Designed by / Dessiné par field
- first edition year · unknown
- Unknownoriginal_design
- inspiration · supported
- Saddles preserved in the Conservatoire de Créations Hermès.original_designCarré 90 Tous en Selle, Les secrets d’un objet, line 81
- artistic context · supported
- Rock and romantic elements from Nomura’s earlier illustrations.original_designCarré 90 Tous en Selle, Les secrets d’un objet, line 81
- composition · supported
- Suspended saddles appear to fly in a light composition.original_designCarré 90 Tous en Selle, Les secrets d’un objet, line 81
- documented variant · supported
- {"reference": "H004204S 02", "format": "scarf 90", "composition": "100% silk twill", "finish": "hand-rolled edges", "made_in": "France", "dimensions_cm": [88.5, 88.5], "dimensions_approximate": true, "colorway": "Gris Bleuté / Blanc / Beige Doré"}variant:H004204S 02Carré 90 Tous en Selle, Product information lines 26–42
- source described effect · supported
- The source says the saddles’ patterns and colors energise the drawing.manufacturer_narrative_about_designCarré 90 Tous en Selle, Les secrets d’un objet, line 81
What is documented
- Title
- Tous en Selle Candidate · not independently reviewed
- Artist credit
- Daiske Nomura Candidate · not independently reviewed
- First edition
- Unknown Unknown
Reviewed product variants
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