Hermès Sciarpa in Seta
Well the four keys seem to represent the keys of a Chamberlain, who by definition was the chief officer, responsible for an entire household or estate of a monarch or a nobleman.What treasures must this little purse have contained, that so many keys were necessary? This little purse was part of Emile Hermes‘* vast collection of objects, statues, paintings and objects d’art, which he had collected during his lifetime and which became the inspiration to so many early carres.