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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Unicorn in a Garden Hand-Painted Glass Ornament
49.95 USD
Art glass ornaments inspired by The Met collection. The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (1495-1505) is an iconic French and South Netherlandish textile at The Met Cloisters. This medieval masterwork, a lush detail of which is featured on this hand-painted ornament, depicts a unicorn resting in a garden enclosure beneath a pomegranate tree, enveloped by a millefleurs backdrop of richly symbolic plants. Click
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Dehn Spring in Central Park Hand-Painted Glass Ornament
49.95 USD
Art glass ornaments inspired by The Met collection. Let the dreamy scene on our hand-painted ornament whisk you away to a leisurely spring day in New York City. Adolf Dehn's (American, 1895-1968) Spring in Central Park (1941) depicts a verdant Sheep Meadow with midtown Manhattan landmarks-including the Hampshire House, Essex House, and the Empire State Building-rising in the distance. This bucolic watercolor in The Met collection is one of several seasonal vistas Dehn painted of Central Park and the New York skyline. Click
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Parastone Bv Edgar Degas: Spanish Dancer Sculpture
39.95 USD
An artful gift inspired by The Met collection. Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) found a ready source of inspiration in dancers; his many paintings, drawings, and sculptures of the subject explore subtle variations in the dynamics of a dancer's movement. This graceful sculpture reproduces Degas's Spanish Dancer, modeled probably around 1884 and cast in 1920 at the Parisian foundry A. A. Hébrard et Cie. Upon Degas's death in 1917, more than 150 figurative sculptures were found in his studio. Most were made of fragile wax, clay, and plastiline (a wax- and oil-based modeling material), and many had deteriorated, with only a few preserved in copies cast from them in plaster. Although Degas didn't favor reproducing his sculptures in more permanent materials, his heirs authorized a series of 72 bronze copies. The series was completed before May 1921 when it was exhibited in Paris. Edition A, comprising the first and best casts of the series, was reserved for the Impressionist collector Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, who later bequeathed this version of Spanish Dancer to The Met.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tait-Henson Bower of Beauty Hand-Painted Glass Ornament
49.95 USD
Art ornaments inspired by The Met collection. Bursting with colorful flora and lily-white doves, the festive tree on this glass ornament comes from Bower of Beauty (1966), a delightful painting by the celebrated artist duo Carl Tait (American, 1917-2011) and Lloyd Henson (American, n. d.). Produced in cooperation with American Artists Group. Click
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Degas Little Dancer Ornament
37.9 USD
Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas ornaments. This miniature ornament celebrates The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (cast 1922, tutu 2018), the beloved figure by Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Hang her on your tree or display her all year long. When the original sculpture was first shown in 1881 at the sixth Impressionist exhibition, the striking portrait of Marie van Goethen was dressed in a fabric tutu, ballet slippers, and a wig of human hair tied in a satin bow. The 1922 cast-bronze edition in The Met collection mimics the young dancer's jaunty pose. To learn more about the history of The Met Store's collectible art ornaments and shop other art-inspired designs, read our blog post