HERMES Paris, Special Edition, year 1998. Royal... Lot 26

HERMES Paris, Special Edition, year 1998. Royal Gift' square Collection of Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Designer: Caty Latham Printed and titled silk, salad-green background. 90 x 90 cm Bibliography: Carrés d'Art, Carrés Hermès Editions Spéciales, Geneviève Fontan, Arfon édition 2021, rep. p. 50. N.B.: Edited and created especially by Hermès as a tribute to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. The Cooper Hewitt Museum was founded in 1896 on the initiative of the 3 granddaughters of Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist. The museum, located in New York, Manhattan, was free when it opened to the public in 1897, and housed the Cooper-Hewitt collections of decorative and design objects. Faced with financial demands, the museum closed in 1963. Following public protests against the closure, an agreement was reached to reopen the museum in 1968. Thus, the Cooper-Hewitt collections were welcomed by the Smithsonian Institution, which had become the owner. The Smithsonian Institution, located in Washington DC, is the world's largest complex of museums and research centers. In 1994, the museum was renamed the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Since then, it has changed its name again. Footnotes: A printed silk scarf 'Royal Gift N.B.: Edited and created especially by Hermès in homage to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. The Cooper Hewitt Museum was founded in 1896 on the initiative of the 3 granddaughters of Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist. The museum located in New York, Manhattan, free when it opened to the public in 1897, housed the Cooper-Hewitt collections consisting of decorative and design objects. Faced with financial demands, the museum closed in 1963. Faced with public protests against the closure, an agreement to reopen was reached in 1968. Thus, the Cooper-Hewitt collections were welcomed by the Smithsonian Institution, which became the owner. The Smithsonian Institution, located in Washington DC, is the largest complex of museums and research centers in the world. In 1994, the museum was renamed the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. It has since changed its name again. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com