Hermès

Hermès Picotin 18 New White Tourillion Clemence Gold Hardware

Tourillion Clemence · Gold Hardware

Hermès Picotin 18 in New White Tourillon Clemence with gold hardware — a bag built for daily ease rather than occasion. W stamp, brand new condition. Launched in 2001, the Picotin was conceived as a working bag, its name borrowed from the French measure for a horse's feed bucket. The shape does not pursue elegance through structure; it achieves it through restraint. The open top, the low curved handles and the compact 18cm form make it one of the most genuinely functional pieces in the Hermès range — carried to a market or a meeting with equal conviction. It draws a wearer who finds the performative hardware of other models beside the point. New White sits at the cooler end of Hermès's white register, with a faint bluish clarity that reads as crisp rather than creamy. On Tourillon Clemence — a soft, lightly pebbled calfskin with a particularly generous hand — the tone has depth rather than flatness, shifting between a pale chalk and something closer to cloud depending on the light. It is a white that holds its character rather than disappearing into it. Gold hardware keeps the palette warm and grounds what might otherwise read as a purely minimal piece. JULL holds this Picotin in our London showroom, and private viewings are available by appointment.

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