{"product_id":"hermes-jige-29-noir-elephant","title":"Hermès Jige 29 Noir Elephant","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe earliest dated Hermès piece in elephant on public auction record is a Kelly 35 Sellier stamped for 1960. Later pieces are attributed to the 1970s and 1980s. The grain is the animal's own rather than pressed into the hide: a fine pebble crossed by deep, irregular furrows, matte, shifting between charcoal and black across the panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHermès dates the Jige to 1975. It began as a wedding gift from Jean Guerrand, Émile Hermès' son-in-law, to a future daughter-in-law, and takes its name from its inventor's initials. The design is a flat envelope held shut by a leather tab passed through an H. Here the tab and the H are cut from the same elephant hide as the body and outlined in white saddle stitching, the only contrast on the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on elephant:\u003c\/strong\u003e The skin is of historical importance to Hermès. The house worked it for a period and has since retired it, so every surviving piece is a record of that chapter, and a piece in elephant should not be ruled out of a serious Hermès collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector's Insight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nElephant reaches the market rarely. JANEFINDS has offered it before, including a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/janefinds.com\/products\/collectors-hermes-35cm-kelly-bag-elephant-hide-with-gold-hardware-super-rare\"\u003eKelly 35 Sellier in black elephant hide\u003c\/a\u003e and two Jige 29 clutches in brown elephant, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/janefinds.com\/products\/hermes-jige-elephant-brown\"\u003eone placed in 2025\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/janefinds.com\/products\/hermes-jige-29-elephant-leather-brown-contrast-stitching-1\"\u003eone in 2026\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eResale Insight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThere is no boutique price to measure elephant against, and the supply on the market cannot grow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hermès","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58690015494447,"sku":null,"price":22500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1826\/7937\/files\/Hermes-Jige-29-Noir-Elephant-1.jpg?v=1792624318","url":"https:\/\/janefinds.com\/products\/hermes-jige-29-noir-elephant","provider":"JANEFINDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}