Hermès
Hermes, founded by Thierry Hermes in Paris, offers a distinguished collection of home decor and decorative objects. Each piece embodies timeless elegance and meticulous craftsmanship, reflecting the brand's heritage of luxury and sophistication. From exquisite tableware to iconic furnishings, Hermes transforms living spaces into expressions of refined taste and style.
Hermès Tableware & Home Décor | Luxury French Porcelain
About Hermès
Hermès was founded in Paris in 1837 by Thierry Hermès as a harness and saddlery workshop, crafting equipment for the carriages and horses of European nobility. From these origins in the finest leathercraft, the house expanded across two centuries into one of the world's most distinguished luxury brands — a house whose every category of object, from its silk scarves and leather goods to its porcelain tableware, carries the same foundational philosophy: that the finest materials, applied with the finest craft, produce objects of enduring quality that improve with use and age.
The Hermès porcelain tableware and home décor collection at Thomas Goode India represents the house's approach to the dining table and the domestic interior: each pattern is developed in-house by the Hermès design studio, each piece is produced in fine porcelain to the quality standard the house applies across every category it enters, and each design carries the Hermès visual identity — a combination of equestrian heritage, natural world reference, and the graphic precision that has defined the house's decorative vocabulary since the 19th century.
Thomas Goode India carries an authorised selection of Hermès tableware and serving pieces at The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi and online, making it one of the few luxury retail addresses in India where genuine Hermès porcelain is available.
The Hermès Collection at Thomas Goode India
Rothschild Bird
The Rothschild Bird is one of Hermès' most celebrated and enduring porcelain patterns — a design whose history extends across more than a century of continuous production at the house. The pattern draws its name and its imagery from the natural history illustrations commissioned by the Rothschild family in the 19th century: exotic birds, painted with the precision and colour depth of scientific illustration, set within a botanical garden composition of trees, flowering plants, and trailing vines. The birds in the Rothschild Bird pattern are not decorative abstractions — they are rendered with the ornithological specificity of a naturalist's field record, each species identifiable by its plumage, its posture, and its characteristic setting within the composition.
At Thomas Goode India, the Rothschild Bird is available as a Dinner Plate and as the Rothschild Bird Round Basket — a decorative porcelain basket in the Rothschild Bird pattern that functions as a table centrepiece, a display object, and a serving piece of considerable visual authority. The Round Basket is one of the most design-historically significant individual pieces in the Thomas Goode India collection: the woven basket form rendered in fine porcelain is a demanding technical achievement, and the application of the Rothschild Bird pattern at this scale — where the full garden composition can be read across the basket's surface — makes it the most complete expression of the design available in the collection.
Mosaique Gold
The Mosaique Gold collection is the Hermès pattern that speaks most directly to the house's graphic and geometric design sensibility. The Mosaique — from the French for mosaic — applies a repeating geometric grid pattern derived from mosaic tile tradition to the dinner plate format in a 24-carat gold colourway, with the Hermès H logo woven into the composition as a structural element rather than a branding afterthought. The result is a dinner plate of formal graphic authority: the gold mosaic pattern is precise and symmetrical, suited to the formal dining table where the visual consistency of a repeated geometric across six or twelve place settings produces a unified, architecturally ordered table surface.
The Mosaique Gold dinner plates, sold in sets of two at Thomas Goode India, represent the most directly brand-identifiable format in the Hermès tableware collection. The combination of 24-carat gold, geometric precision, and the Hermès H makes the design's origin immediately legible to any guest at the table.
Carnets d'Equateur
Carnets d'Equateur — French for "Equatorial Notebooks" — is a pattern that draws from the visual world of natural history expedition illustration: the kind of densely observed, richly coloured records of tropical flora and fauna that European naturalists produced on their 18th and 19th-century expeditions to equatorial regions of Africa, South America, and Asia. The pattern vocabulary includes exotic birds, tropical plants, insects, and botanical specimens, rendered with the same illustrative precision as the Rothschild Bird but in a more saturated, tropically vivid palette.
At Thomas Goode India, Carnets d'Equateur is available as a dessert plate and as the Carnets d'Equateur Medium Bowl — a serving bowl in the Carnets pattern. Together, these pieces allow the Carnets visual world to extend from the individual dessert course into the serving format at the table's centre.
Voyage en Ikat
Voyage en Ikat — French for "Ikat Journey" — is a pattern that draws from the Ikat textile tradition: a dyeing technique practised across Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Japan, in which threads are resist-dyed before weaving, producing the characteristic feathered, slightly blurred edge that distinguishes Ikat from other woven patterns. The Ikat tradition has been part of the Indian subcontinent's textile heritage for centuries — Indian Ikat, particularly from Odisha and Telangana, is among the most technically sophisticated in the world.
In the Hermès Voyage en Ikat, the Ikat motif vocabulary is applied to the porcelain surface in a format that carries both its textile heritage and the Hermès design sensibility simultaneously. At Thomas Goode India, the Voyage en Ikat Large Bowl brings this design to the serving context — a large-format porcelain bowl whose Ikat surface pattern makes it particularly resonant in the Indian context, where the textile tradition the pattern references is a living and celebrated craft heritage.
Blues d'Ailleurs
Blues d'Ailleurs — French for "Blues from Elsewhere" — is a pattern in the cooler, more restrained register of the Hermès design vocabulary: a blue and white porcelain design that references the blue-and-white ceramic tradition of China and Europe simultaneously, expressed through the Hermès design lens. At Thomas Goode India, the Blues d'Ailleurs Presentation Plate is available — a formal large-scale decorative plate in the blue and white design, suited to display as well as formal table service.
The Hermès Design Philosophy in Tableware
Hermès approaches tableware with the same foundational principle that governs its leather goods and silk: that a luxury object should be designed around the quality of the material and the precision of the craft, and that the design's identity should emerge from this combination rather than being imposed upon it. The Hermès porcelain pieces at Thomas Goode India are not fashion objects in the tableware space — they are considered designs with a long arc of development in the Hermès studio, produced in porcelain of consistent quality, and intended to remain in use and on display for decades.
The Rothschild Bird's century of continuous production is the clearest evidence of this philosophy: a pattern that has not been retired or refreshed for seasonal relevance, but that has continued because its design standards are irreducible. The Mosaique Gold's geometric precision, the Carnets d'Equateur's natural history depth, and the Voyage en Ikat's textile heritage reference are all design decisions that operate within the same long-arc thinking. These are pieces for buyers who value permanence over novelty.
This position in the Thomas Goode India collection places Hermès alongside Herend and Meissen as the collection's most historically substantiated luxury tableware brands — each carrying a provenance that extends well beyond the current decade.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Hermès tableware is available at Thomas Goode India?
Thomas Goode India carries an authorised selection of Hermès porcelain tableware and serving pieces including the Rothschild Bird Dinner Plate and Round Basket, Mosaique Gold Dinner Plates (set of 2, with 24-carat gold and Hermès H logo), Carnets d'Equateur Dessert Plate and Medium Bowl, Voyage en Ikat Large Bowl, and the Blues d'Ailleurs Presentation Plate. The collection is available at The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi and at thomasgoode.in.
What is the Hermès Rothschild Bird pattern?
The Rothschild Bird is one of Hermès' most celebrated and enduring porcelain designs, with more than a century of continuous production. It takes its name and imagery from the natural history illustrations commissioned by the Rothschild family in the 19th century: exotic birds rendered with ornithological precision, set within a dense botanical garden composition. At Thomas Goode India, the Rothschild Bird is available as a dinner plate and as the Rothschild Bird Round Basket — a decorative porcelain basket form in the full Rothschild Bird design.
What is the Mosaique Gold pattern by Hermès?
Mosaique Gold is a Hermès porcelain pattern applying a repeating geometric grid — derived from mosaic tile tradition — in 24-carat gold, with the Hermès H logo incorporated as a structural element. Available at Thomas Goode India as dinner plates sold in sets of two, the Mosaique Gold is the most directly brand-identifiable format in the Hermès tableware collection — the 24-carat gold geometric and Hermès H making the design's origin immediately legible.
What is Carnets d'Equateur and what does the name mean?
Carnets d'Equateur means "Equatorial Notebooks" in French — a reference to the visual tradition of natural history expedition illustration, where European naturalists produced densely observed records of tropical flora and fauna during 18th and 19th-century expeditions. The pattern vocabulary includes exotic birds, tropical plants, and botanical specimens in a vivid, saturated palette. At Thomas Goode India, Carnets d'Equateur is available as a dessert plate and a medium serving bowl.
What is the Voyage en Ikat pattern and why is it significant in India?
Voyage en Ikat — French for "Ikat Journey" — draws from the Ikat textile tradition: a resist-dyeing technique practised across Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Japan, in which threads are dyed before weaving to produce the characteristic feathered-edge pattern. Indian Ikat, particularly from Odisha and Telangana, is among the most technically sophisticated in the world. The Hermès Voyage en Ikat applies this textile vocabulary to porcelain, making the Voyage en Ikat Large Bowl at Thomas Goode India particularly resonant for Indian recipients who recognise the Ikat tradition as a living part of the Indian craft heritage.
How should Hermès porcelain be cared for?
Hermès porcelain should be hand-washed in warm water with mild liquid detergent and dried immediately with a soft cloth. Pieces with 24-carat gold decoration — including the Mosaique Gold dinner plates — must not go in a dishwasher, as alkaline detergents and high wash temperatures will erode the metallic detailing. When stacking plates, place a soft cloth between pieces to prevent rim contact. The Rothschild Bird Round Basket should be stored on a stable, cushioned surface and dusted with a soft dry cloth.
Hermès Tableware & Home Décor | Luxury French Porcelain
About Hermès
Hermès was founded in Paris in 1837 by Thierry Hermès as a harness and saddlery workshop, crafting equipment for the carriages and horses of European nobility. From these origins in the finest leathercraft, the house expanded across two centuries into one of the world's most distinguished luxury brands — a house whose every category of object, from its silk scarves and leather goods to its porcelain tableware, carries the same foundational philosophy: that the finest materials, applied with the finest craft, produce objects of enduring quality that improve with use and age.
The Hermès porcelain tableware and home décor collection at Thomas Goode India represents the house's approach to the dining table and the domestic interior: each pattern is developed in-house by the Hermès design studio, each piece is produced in fine porcelain to the quality standard the house applies across every category it enters, and each design carries the Hermès visual identity — a combination of equestrian heritage, natural world reference, and the graphic precision that has defined the house's decorative vocabulary since the 19th century.
Thomas Goode India carries an authorised selection of Hermès tableware and serving pieces at The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi and online, making it one of the few luxury retail addresses in India where genuine Hermès porcelain is available.
The Hermès Collection at Thomas Goode India
Rothschild Bird
The Rothschild Bird is one of Hermès' most celebrated and enduring porcelain patterns — a design whose history extends across more than a century of continuous production at the house. The pattern draws its name and its imagery from the natural history illustrations commissioned by the Rothschild family in the 19th century: exotic birds, painted with the precision and colour depth of scientific illustration, set within a botanical garden composition of trees, flowering plants, and trailing vines. The birds in the Rothschild Bird pattern are not decorative abstractions — they are rendered with the ornithological specificity of a naturalist's field record, each species identifiable by its plumage, its posture, and its characteristic setting within the composition.
At Thomas Goode India, the Rothschild Bird is available as a Dinner Plate and as the Rothschild Bird Round Basket — a decorative porcelain basket in the Rothschild Bird pattern that functions as a table centrepiece, a display object, and a serving piece of considerable visual authority. The Round Basket is one of the most design-historically significant individual pieces in the Thomas Goode India collection: the woven basket form rendered in fine porcelain is a demanding technical achievement, and the application of the Rothschild Bird pattern at this scale — where the full garden composition can be read across the basket's surface — makes it the most complete expression of the design available in the collection.
Mosaique Gold
The Mosaique Gold collection is the Hermès pattern that speaks most directly to the house's graphic and geometric design sensibility. The Mosaique — from the French for mosaic — applies a repeating geometric grid pattern derived from mosaic tile tradition to the dinner plate format in a 24-carat gold colourway, with the Hermès H logo woven into the composition as a structural element rather than a branding afterthought. The result is a dinner plate of formal graphic authority: the gold mosaic pattern is precise and symmetrical, suited to the formal dining table where the visual consistency of a repeated geometric across six or twelve place settings produces a unified, architecturally ordered table surface.
The Mosaique Gold dinner plates, sold in sets of two at Thomas Goode India, represent the most directly brand-identifiable format in the Hermès tableware collection. The combination of 24-carat gold, geometric precision, and the Hermès H makes the design's origin immediately legible to any guest at the table.
Carnets d'Equateur
Carnets d'Equateur — French for "Equatorial Notebooks" — is a pattern that draws from the visual world of natural history expedition illustration: the kind of densely observed, richly coloured records of tropical flora and fauna that European naturalists produced on their 18th and 19th-century expeditions to equatorial regions of Africa, South America, and Asia. The pattern vocabulary includes exotic birds, tropical plants, insects, and botanical specimens, rendered with the same illustrative precision as the Rothschild Bird but in a more saturated, tropically vivid palette.
At Thomas Goode India, Carnets d'Equateur is available as a dessert plate and as the Carnets d'Equateur Medium Bowl — a serving bowl in the Carnets pattern. Together, these pieces allow the Carnets visual world to extend from the individual dessert course into the serving format at the table's centre.
Voyage en Ikat
Voyage en Ikat — French for "Ikat Journey" — is a pattern that draws from the Ikat textile tradition: a dyeing technique practised across Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Japan, in which threads are resist-dyed before weaving, producing the characteristic feathered, slightly blurred edge that distinguishes Ikat from other woven patterns. The Ikat tradition has been part of the Indian subcontinent's textile heritage for centuries — Indian Ikat, particularly from Odisha and Telangana, is among the most technically sophisticated in the world.
In the Hermès Voyage en Ikat, the Ikat motif vocabulary is applied to the porcelain surface in a format that carries both its textile heritage and the Hermès design sensibility simultaneously. At Thomas Goode India, the Voyage en Ikat Large Bowl brings this design to the serving context — a large-format porcelain bowl whose Ikat surface pattern makes it particularly resonant in the Indian context, where the textile tradition the pattern references is a living and celebrated craft heritage.
Blues d'Ailleurs
Blues d'Ailleurs — French for "Blues from Elsewhere" — is a pattern in the cooler, more restrained register of the Hermès design vocabulary: a blue and white porcelain design that references the blue-and-white ceramic tradition of China and Europe simultaneously, expressed through the Hermès design lens. At Thomas Goode India, the Blues d'Ailleurs Presentation Plate is available — a formal large-scale decorative plate in the blue and white design, suited to display as well as formal table service.
The Hermès Design Philosophy in Tableware
Hermès approaches tableware with the same foundational principle that governs its leather goods and silk: that a luxury object should be designed around the quality of the material and the precision of the craft, and that the design's identity should emerge from this combination rather than being imposed upon it. The Hermès porcelain pieces at Thomas Goode India are not fashion objects in the tableware space — they are considered designs with a long arc of development in the Hermès studio, produced in porcelain of consistent quality, and intended to remain in use and on display for decades.
The Rothschild Bird's century of continuous production is the clearest evidence of this philosophy: a pattern that has not been retired or refreshed for seasonal relevance, but that has continued because its design standards are irreducible. The Mosaique Gold's geometric precision, the Carnets d'Equateur's natural history depth, and the Voyage en Ikat's textile heritage reference are all design decisions that operate within the same long-arc thinking. These are pieces for buyers who value permanence over novelty.
This position in the Thomas Goode India collection places Hermès alongside Herend and Meissen as the collection's most historically substantiated luxury tableware brands — each carrying a provenance that extends well beyond the current decade.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Hermès tableware is available at Thomas Goode India?
Thomas Goode India carries an authorised selection of Hermès porcelain tableware and serving pieces including the Rothschild Bird Dinner Plate and Round Basket, Mosaique Gold Dinner Plates (set of 2, with 24-carat gold and Hermès H logo), Carnets d'Equateur Dessert Plate and Medium Bowl, Voyage en Ikat Large Bowl, and the Blues d'Ailleurs Presentation Plate. The collection is available at The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi and at thomasgoode.in.
What is the Hermès Rothschild Bird pattern?
The Rothschild Bird is one of Hermès' most celebrated and enduring porcelain designs, with more than a century of continuous production. It takes its name and imagery from the natural history illustrations commissioned by the Rothschild family in the 19th century: exotic birds rendered with ornithological precision, set within a dense botanical garden composition. At Thomas Goode India, the Rothschild Bird is available as a dinner plate and as the Rothschild Bird Round Basket — a decorative porcelain basket form in the full Rothschild Bird design.
What is the Mosaique Gold pattern by Hermès?
Mosaique Gold is a Hermès porcelain pattern applying a repeating geometric grid — derived from mosaic tile tradition — in 24-carat gold, with the Hermès H logo incorporated as a structural element. Available at Thomas Goode India as dinner plates sold in sets of two, the Mosaique Gold is the most directly brand-identifiable format in the Hermès tableware collection — the 24-carat gold geometric and Hermès H making the design's origin immediately legible.
What is Carnets d'Equateur and what does the name mean?
Carnets d'Equateur means "Equatorial Notebooks" in French — a reference to the visual tradition of natural history expedition illustration, where European naturalists produced densely observed records of tropical flora and fauna during 18th and 19th-century expeditions. The pattern vocabulary includes exotic birds, tropical plants, and botanical specimens in a vivid, saturated palette. At Thomas Goode India, Carnets d'Equateur is available as a dessert plate and a medium serving bowl.
What is the Voyage en Ikat pattern and why is it significant in India?
Voyage en Ikat — French for "Ikat Journey" — draws from the Ikat textile tradition: a resist-dyeing technique practised across Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Japan, in which threads are dyed before weaving to produce the characteristic feathered-edge pattern. Indian Ikat, particularly from Odisha and Telangana, is among the most technically sophisticated in the world. The Hermès Voyage en Ikat applies this textile vocabulary to porcelain, making the Voyage en Ikat Large Bowl at Thomas Goode India particularly resonant for Indian recipients who recognise the Ikat tradition as a living part of the Indian craft heritage.
How should Hermès porcelain be cared for?
Hermès porcelain should be hand-washed in warm water with mild liquid detergent and dried immediately with a soft cloth. Pieces with 24-carat gold decoration — including the Mosaique Gold dinner plates — must not go in a dishwasher, as alkaline detergents and high wash temperatures will erode the metallic detailing. When stacking plates, place a soft cloth between pieces to prevent rim contact. The Rothschild Bird Round Basket should be stored on a stable, cushioned surface and dusted with a soft dry cloth.