Hermès Carré 'Les Muserolles' designed by Christiane Vauzelles

The Les Muserolles Hermès© carré, The Nosebands literal translation, was designed by Christiane Vauzelles in 1986.
A noseband is the leather part that goes across a horse’s nose and part of what makes up a bridle.
A noseband keeps the horse from opening its mouth, but perhaps more importantly, it gives the rider more control, which of course is imperative.
It is believed that it was the noseband, also known as the cavesson or caveson, that was first invented and used to control a wild horse. And thus it predates the bridle and its other components, like the browband, bits, etc..Metal muzzles were typically used by knights during the Middle Ages when the horse was an important and powerful “war machine” as Hermès© put it in the Mito e Belleza.
These metal muzzles protected the horse from injury during yes, war, and dangerous tournaments like jousting.The artist’s version of one such muzzle as inspired by 16th century German metal muzzles now part of the Émile Hermès Museum