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Silk Archive

Begin with a drawing that catches your eye. Follow its credited artist, look closely at the details and keep the design distinct from the different pieces that carry it. This is an invitation to discover connections, one carefully documented example at a time. An open question can be a useful place to begin.

AI-generated contextual close-up of plain cream, muted blue-gray and ochre silk with soft folds on a pale wooden table.
AI-generated contextual illustration, plain cream, blue-gray and ochre silk reveals its texture in natural light. Not an archival image or an exact Hermès scarf.AI-generated editorial illustration for MyQuotaBag Heritage, 2026.
Begin with the documented Brides de Gala study. The earlier pilot catalogue remains a private working collection: technical completeness does not establish every date or attribution.

Stories to follow

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Wow

Ugo Bienvenu’s comic-strip scarf makes turning silk over part of the story.

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Index Palmarum

Katie Scott’s botanical study of palms, from a nineteenth-century book to documented textile and display contexts.

More stories in the pilot

Twenty-five brief narratives and two factual notes now accompany existing creation records, with their own sources and uncertainties.

Documentary research

Explore nine source-attributed stories and 37 short documentary notes, with explicit evidence limits.

How we research and illustrate Heritage →