The heart-shaped « gorge » (visible part of the sticks) is characteristic of the Maison’s heritage. In this contemporary interpretation, Duvelleroy slides this heart-shaped pattern onto the leaf, playing with transparencies, a bustier appears.

The silk and the organza are cut freehand following a pattern that must match perfectly when the two parts of the leaf are stiffened, pleated and assembled to the sticks.

African ebony.