Belt

Hermès

ca. 1945 · wool, silk, metal · Costume Institute

Hermés is a purveyor of fine leather goods as well as clothing and accessories of the highest quality. The company began as an equestrian leather goods maker, first supplying harnesses to coach builders. The house's logo is a horse-drawn carriage and this belt is a signature piece portraying three different scenarios. The first is of two women riding in a carriage holding their parasols; the second of two people, one seated and one standing while driving the carriage; and the third of a man driving a covered carriage inhabited by a female passenger.

Artist

Hermès

Date

ca. 1945

Medium

wool, silk, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, 1967