£21,000

Hermes marble silk constance 24 phw - a rare and beautiful constance 24 crafted in swift leather - 2021 z - rare & limited edition - palladium plated hardware - rose azalee & rose mexico colours - the print is a japanese silk marbling technique, the search took about 10 years to find the nose family, in kyoto, who could execute this craft. originally it began in japan in the 12th century by marbling paper. this technique, suminagashi (floating ink) made its way to europe and was applied to fabric. in 1963, the father of the nose family went to germany to learn the craft to bring it back to japan. now they are only the producers of this technique left in the world. the bag is store fresh and comes complete with hermès box, silk dust bag and carebook.