Square scarf: Les Rivières de Babel

2005

Not on view

The architecture in Annie Faivre’s playful design is based on fantastic depictions of the Tower of Babel in European art and is particularly close to an engraving in Athanasius Kircher’s 1679 Turris Babel (2023.718). The Neoclassical Tower is populated by creatures drawn from ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman, and Indian art. Faivre’s designs for Hermès have included other ancient and mythological themes, including Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, and ancient nomadic art of the Eurasian Steppe.

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Title: Square scarf: Les Rivières de Babel
Artist: Annie Faivre (French, Nice 1948–)
Period: Modern
Date: 2005
Culture: French
Medium: Silk
Dimensions: H. 35 7/16 × W. 35 7/16 in. (90 × 90 cm)
Credit Line: Henrietta and Christopher McCall Collection, Purchase, Henrie Jo Barth Bequest, and Museum Acquisitions and Josephine Lois Berger-Nadler Endowment Funds, 2023
Object Number: 2023.721
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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