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Hermès Kelly Elan Foile Black Matte Porosus Palladium Hardware

Folie/ Matte Porosus · Palladium (PHW)

Unworn, £77,500, in stock. Black Folie/ Matte Porosus, Palladium (PHW). Authenticated in London and delivered insured anywhere in the UK.

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The piece in detail

Few pieces in the Hermès catalogue ask this little of their owner while offering this much in return. The Kelly Élan Clutch in black matte porosus crocodile with palladium hardware is a bag stripped to its essentials: no shoulder strap, no negotiation, pure form. Unworn condition. The Élan is the elongated, clutch interpretation of the Kelly silhouette — the same tuck-in flap and turn-lock geometry, redrawn for evening and for the kind of occasion where a bag is carried in the hand or tucked under the arm rather than hung from a shoulder. It does not attempt to be versatile. It is specific in the way that the best evening pieces always are, and it is reached for precisely because of that specificity. Black matte porosus is as resolved as a colour and leather pairing gets. Porosus crocodile — from the saltwater species, distinguished by its narrow, regular scaling — takes a matte finish differently from most exotics: rather than absorbing light flatly, it creates a quiet depth, each scale catching and releasing at a slightly different angle. Against black, that movement is subtle enough to read as texture before it reads as pattern. The result is formal without being severe. The palladium hardware sits in cool contrast to the warm complexity of the skin, its silvered tone clean against the matte surface. This piece is held at JULL's Chelsea Harbour showroom, where private viewings are available by appointment.

Inspected by hand in our London workroom. Private viewings by appointment.
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