One Sentence Summary: My embroidered installation at Hermès Madison Avenue features Pegasus in Bloom, where the mythical winged horse emerges from a stitched Hermès scarf into a field of flowers.
Date: August 2025
I’m excited to share that in June 2025, I installed two new embroidered works at the Hermès Madison Avenue location in New York City. The window installation, Pegasus in Bloom, will be on display through the end of September 2025, alongside an interior piece, Floating Garden, installed in the store’s historic staircase area.
Pegasus in Bloom: The Window Installation
Pegasus in Bloom is a window installation that tells a story of emergence and lightness—the transition from night to day, winter to spring. At its center, I have enlarged and rendered the Libre Comme Pégase scarf with its bold blues and painterly design entirely in stitch, suspending it mid-air in the Hermès window space. The scarf unfurls like a portal from which the mythical Pegasus emerges, appearing to leap forward in flight. The winged creature arcs through the space in a quiet transition from twilight into daylight, suggesting motion and freedom.
Pegasus emerges into a field of embroidered flowers that shift from deep midnight tones to soft spring pastels. The florals—rendered in rich reds, purples, and blues—create a vibrant ground that evokes early spring. Leather bags echo the flowers’ hues in colors that hint at spring’s arrival.
Floating Garden: The Interior Installation
Within the historic staircase area, Floating Garden creates an idealized space—an imaginary and dreamlike environment. This installation addresses the history of botanical themes in stock embroidery, taking flowers out of the context of embroidery ‘kits’ and moving these images into an installation to create an experiential environment.
While researching the history of English embroidery, I recognized repeated references to certain flowers. Buttercups, English asters, daisies, and other flowers found within North America became the building blocks of this piece. It became important for me to create my own versions of these standards.
Through this installation, I have taken the flowers out of the samplers and botanical drawing books where I found them. I have embroidered and reintegrated them into a simulated garden space, creating an environment filled with stitched line.
Both installations will be on view at Hermès Madison Avenue through September 2025.
