The origins of the scarf's creation remain shrouded, its tale waiting for a custodian to unravel its secrets through the corridors of research!

Subject of the scene: the engraving 'Départ d'une poule de sept chevaux', ca. 1817.
Foulard in monochrome red and white.
Edges hand-rolled, 100% silk.

Charles-Horace Vernet worked as a painter and lithographer, was a rider himself and specialized in painting horses. Vernet broke with the traditional representation of horses and drew on his own observations in stables and riding schools. He provided visual reports of battles for Napoleon and then worked for Louis XVIII

After Vernets' sister was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution, he gave up art for a while. When he started painting again during the reign of the Directoire (1795–1799), he took a completely different approach to his work. He began to draw and paint richly detailed war actions for the greater honor and glory of Napoleon Bonaparte. The date of the image is approximately 1817. In the year 1817, the Battle of Waterloo is still fresh in our memories. It is not clear whether the choice of color of the scarf refers to this bloody episode in history. However, a red color also symbolizes socialism. 100 years after the date of the engraving, in 1917 Lenin came to power through a coup. Dating of the foulard: unknown.
This scarf seems to want to tell a special story that has not yet been fully explored. Hopefully the scarf will find an owner who can reveal these secrets through further research.

The engraving is the first from the collection 'La Course' with four engravings (aquatints) designed by Antoine-Charles-Horace Vernet), born in Bordeaux in 1758.

The engraving is only present in the first edition of La Course.The engravers of the collection are Philibert Louis Debucourt and Gros. Circa 1817.The original was printed in Paris 'chez Rolland, Place des Victoires, Nos 6 et 28'.

Bibliographic data:

Title L'oeuvre gravé de P.-L. Debucourt (1755-1832), par Maurice Fenaille, p. 144.
Author P.-L. Debucourt
Publisher Damascene Morgand, 1899