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The Metropolitan Museum of Art European Paisley Embroidered Cotton Scarf
157.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. The timeless pattern embroidered on our cotton scarf references the decoration on a wool shawl made in Europe around 1825-30. Now in The Costume Institute at The Met, the original textile features the stylized teardrop motif known as paisley after the Scottish town that manufactured such shawls to great popularity until the 1870s. These machine-made shawls were more affordable alternatives to the costly, hand-woven Kashmiri textiles essential to the wardrobes of stylish 19th-century European women.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Four Seasons Paisley Square Wool Scarf
132.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. In the early 19th century, luxurious shawls from Kashmir became indispensable fashion accessories for the stylish European woman. The patterns on these costly, hand-woven shawls generally incorporated the boteh form, an ancient Persian motif based on the tree of life. By the midcentury, machine-made reproductions were being produced with popularity in Europe. Paisley, which is derived from the boteh design, gets its name from the Scottish town that produced many of these shawls until they fell out of favor in the 1870s. A mid-19th-century French or Scottish example in The Met collection, presenting a "four seasons" layout swirling around a central point, informs our stylish wool interpretation with self-fringe edges. To find inspiration for how to style this scarf, read our blog post
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DMZ Styles LTD Upepo Square Modal Scarf
76.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. Introducing the vibrant Bahari scarf from Doreen Mashika. Inspired by the rich colors, textures, and traditions of her native Zanzibar-a scenic and storied island off the coast of East Africa that once served as an essential trading port along the Maritime Silk Road-Doreen Mashika pays homage to heritage and craft. Each handworked garment weaves Swahili tradition with contemporary design to realize a fresh interpretation of African style. We're pleased to present this item in celebration of the new Michael C. Rockefeller Wing for the arts of Africa. This reenvisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum's collection of African art through a selection of some 500 works organized to survey major artistic movements and living traditions from across the subcontinent.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Baseball Cap - White
39.95 USD
The Met Souvenirs The Met's adjustable baseball cap makes a graphic statement. The new Museum logotype is an original drawing that combines and connects serif and sans serif, classical and modern letterforms. It is fluid, lyrical, and distinctive, like a handwritten signature. Representing 5,000 years of worldwide culture, this elegantly crafted mark looks both to the past and to the future.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gujarat Diamond-Pattern Merino Wool Scarf
105.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift. The bold geometric pattern defining this luxurious merino wool scarf is borrowed from a cotton textile fragment in The Met's Islamic Art collection, made in 13th-14th-century India but found in Egypt. Fabrics were among the most valuable commodities in the medieval marketplace, and this piece serves as evidence of trade relations between these two regions. The original design, reminiscent of motifs found in Jain manuscripts and architecture from the Indian province of Gujarat, is well preserved thanks to the arid Egyptian climate.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art American Vines Embroidered Shawl
157.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. The fruiting, flowering vines embroidered on this charming shawl recall the 18th-century embroidery embellishing a bedcover housed in The Met's American Wing. Original embroidered textiles from this period in American history are rare; most extant examples are preserved in museums, and many others were repurposed to salvage the artisan's work. The vines on the Museum's bedcover were likely transferred from a set of bed curtains, perhaps during the 19th-century Colonial Revival movement. The bedcover appears to be an heirloom of the Cabot family, who resided in Salem, Massachusetts, at the time the embroidery was made around 1760. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Momoyama Cranes and Flowers Oversize Silk Shawl
157.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. Featured on this elegant silk scarf is a composition of auspicious cranes among flowers. The design comes from a pair of lavish folding screens, which present the image in a seasonal progression from spring to winter as a suggestion of longevity. The original screens, now in The Met's Asian Art collection, were made in late 16th-century Japan during the Momoyama period (1573-1615), when exaggerated, high-relief details were popular. Vivid colors and strong ink outlines against a golden background are characteristic of Kano Motonobu (Japanese, 1476-1559), founder of the famous Kano school of painting, while the boldness is evocative of his grandson Kano Eitoku (Japanese, 1543-1590). To find inspiration for how to style this scarf, read our blog post
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Baseball Cap - Navy
39.95 USD
The Met Souvenirs The Met's adjustable baseball cap makes a graphic statement. The new Museum logotype is an original drawing that combines and connects serif and sans serif, classical and modern letterforms. It is fluid, lyrical, and distinctive, like a handwritten signature. Representing 5,000 years of worldwide culture, this elegantly crafted mark looks both to the past and to the future.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hungarian Folk Florals Oversize Cotton Scarf
79.95 USD
Gift her an art-inspired floral scarf. Our bold, multihued scarf evokes the ornamental embroidery of Hungarian folk florals. Featuring flourishing blossoms and foliage in vivacious hues, the scarf's motifs were inspired by an apron from The Met's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection. Its dynamic color combinations and flower varieties exemplify the densely patterned style of free-hand needlework associated with Hungary's Matyó region.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Monet Blooms Double-Sided Square Silk Scarf
122.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. This elegant scarf presents two ethereal images by Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) from The Met's European Paintings collection. Chrysanthemums (1882) is one of some 20 serene still lifes that the Impressionist artist and avid gardener produced between 1878 and 1883. It was exhibited alongside his Bouquet of Sunflowers (1881), also in the Museum's holdings, at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris in 1883, and again with the avant-garde artists' circle Les XX in Brussels in 1886. On the reverse side of the scarf is Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (1899), an iconic view of Monet's beloved water-lily garden in Giverny. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Logo Baseball Cap - Tan
39.95 USD
The Met Souvenirs The Met's adjustable baseball cap makes a graphic statement. The new Museum logotype is an original drawing that combines and connects serif and sans serif, classical and modern letterforms. It is fluid, lyrical, and distinctive, like a handwritten signature. Representing 5,000 years of worldwide culture, this elegantly crafted mark looks both to the past and to the future.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bearden The Block Oblong Silk Scarf
105.95 USD
A stylish art scarf inspired by The Met collection. Romare Bearden's (American, 1911-1988) exuberant tribute to Harlem is a celebration of the lively New York City neighborhood that nurtured his life and work. Though he was born in North Carolina, Bearden spent formative time in Harlem as a child, and in 1940, he established a studio in the same West 125th Street building as the artist Jacob Lawrence. Each of the six panels that make up The Block (1971), reproduced on this 100% silk-twill scarf with a hand-rolled hem, represents an aspect of local life, from the barbershop to the corner store. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mexican Medallion Embroidered Oblong Scarf
132.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. This richly embroidered scarf celebrates the nature motifs on a charming coverlet made in Mexico around 1820. Formerly thought to be of Catalonian origin, the Museum's cotton-and-wool textile, embellished with sequins and metal thread, is now a part of the American Wing. Our stylish reimagining adapts the quaint patterning on the original, with lively flora and fauna decorating the ornamental borders enveloping a central medallion.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Peeters Bouquet of Flowers Merino Wool Scarf
96.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. This soft and sumptuous scarf celebrates an ambitious arrangement painted by the remarkable Clara Peeters (Flemish, ca. 1587-after 1636). A Bouquet of Flowers (ca. 1612), housed at The Met, showcases the artist's keen eye for detail-in the way of reflective dewdrops, little insect bites, and drooping petals evocative of transience and decay-and reveals the close connection between botanical illustration and still-life painting, both of which became popular during the Scientific Revolution. Peeters was a founding figure in the history of European still-life painting, an especially attractive genre to women artists who weren't permitted to study nude models.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Raphael Quatrefoil-Pattern Scarf
132.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift. Celebrating Raphael: Sublime Poetry, a Met exhibition devoted to Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), this scarf draws inspiration from the intricately patterned tapestry draped behind the Virgin Mary in Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints. Painted around 1504 for the Franciscan convent of Sant'Antonio in Perugia, the altarpiece originally hung in a section of the church reserved for the nuns and features an elaborately clothed Christ. Our scarf reimagines the tapestry's quatrefoil pattern in soft cream-and-gold wool, woven with glittering lurex threads for a luxurious finish.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Louis C. Tiffany Garden Landscape Oblong Silk Scarf
105.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. The idyllic scene on this 100% silk scarf comes from Garden Landscape(1912), a spectacular three-panel window designed by Agnes F. Northrop (American, 1857-1953) for Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-32). Northrop was one of the leading window designers in Louis C. Tiffany's employ, and together, they translated the natural world into luminous stained-glass masterpieces with remarkable finesse.Garden Landscapewas commissioned by the businesswoman and philanthropist Sarah Cochran to evoke the idyllic grounds of her grand estate, Linden Hall, in Pennsylvania. At nearly seven feet tall and over 10 feet wide, the Museum's newly acquired window is a monumental addition to the American Wing, which celebrates its centennial in 2024.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Louis C. Tiffany Gladioli Wool-Blend Shawl
96.95 USD
Our elegant jacquard shawl adapts the floral design from a gorgeous Favrile glass vase in The Met collection. Designed about 1909 by Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933), this striking object is embellished with white gladioli. Popular among Art Nouveau artisans, this motif offered a nearly infinite range of colorways. The designer never sold this vase; rather, he kept it in his own collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gee's Bend Pettway Quilt Design Oblong Silk Scarf
105.95 USD
The extraordinary craftswomen of Gee's Bend, Alabama, have nurtured the art of quilting since the 19th century. Astonishing in their originality, each abstract quilt interweaves history and narrative, resourcefulness and innovation. This scarf celebrates the Housetop and Bricklayer with Bars quilt (ca. 1955) by Lucy T. Pettway (American, 1921-2004). This exceptional textile is the only Gee's Bend quilt in the Museum's holdings that appears to be intentionally pictorial; Pettway realized an imaginary aerial view of the old Pettway plantation, formerly belonging to Joseph Gee. © 2021 Estate of Lucy T. Pettway / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art William Morris Blackthorn Silk Necktie
72.95 USD
Unique gifts for him inspired by The Met collection. The botanical pattern decorating this 100% silk tie celebrates Blackthorn (1892), a block-printed wallpaper designed by John Henry Dearle (British, 1859-1932) and approved by William Morris (British, 1834-1896) for Morris & Company. Morris was a prolific producer of elevated fabrics and decorative objects. Profoundly inspired by nature, he created mesmerizing motifs comprising lush fruits and rambling blooms.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Byzantine Tesserae Oblong Silk Scarf
96.95 USD
A vivid assemblage of glass as well as gold- and silver-leaf tesserae-small pieces of colored material-creates the eye-catching pattern on our silk scarf. These tiny tiles in the Museum's holdings are thought to have come from a Byzantine mosaic crafted between the 6th and 15th centuries. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art British Flowering Vines Embroidered Oblong Scarf
157.95 USD
Gift an art scarf inspired by The Met collection. The intricate embroidery on this eye-catching scarf pays tribute to a spectacular British coif-a type of snugly fitting cap-in The Met's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection. Patterns of birds, insects, and flowers enveloped by scrolling vines, or "rinceaux," were immensely popular during the late 16th and early 17th centuries; by the 1580s, portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and her courtiers were depicting the sitters wearing richly embroidered sleeves decorated with an early monochrome version of this pattern, which may derive from similar motifs found in Islamic Spain. Crafted in the early 17th century, the Museum's colorful linen adornment is embellished with metal thread and sparkling sequins. To find inspiration for how to style this scarf, read our blog post
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Cloisters Garden Embroidered Oblong Linen Scarf
122.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. The lush embroidery defining this scarf reimagines two charming flower studies illustrating sprigs of white Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum) and blue Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) from a book (ca. 1510-1515) by the Master of Claude de France. This spectacular book at The Met Cloisters belongs to what's been called "the last flowering" of northern European manuscript illumination in the medieval tradition. The French artist immortalized a selection of flora in witness to their beauty. Each of the flowers in this magnificent manuscript can be found in the gardens at The Cloisters. Read our blog post
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Van Gogh Irises Oblong Silk Scarf
79.95 USD
Our floral scarf borrows the blooms from one of Vincent van Gogh's (Dutch, 1853-1890) beloved bouquets in The Met collection. In May of 1890, just before his departure from the asylum in Saint-Rémy, the artist painted four exceptional still lifes, including the exuberant Irises (1890). Van Gogh sought to achieve a "harmonious and soft" effect by placing the "violet" flowers against a "pink background." Owing to his use of fugitive red pigments, these colors have since faded with time. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Louis C. Tiffany White Magnolia Oblong Silk Scarf
79.95 USD
Lightweight Floral Silk Scarf Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933) was one of America's most noted decorative artists at the turn of the twentieth century. He designed the brilliant five- paneled Magnolia window (ca. 1885) for the Tiffany mansion at 72nd Street and Madison Avenue in New York where it was placed in the grand library. Divided by heavy leading, the window includes sections composed of graceful blossoming branches with pearly leaves and yellow and silver-gray leaf buds primed to open. Our elegant scarf features a detail adapted from this stunning window. Produced in cooperation with The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida To learn more about the artwork that inspired this Met Store product, read our blog here.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Van Gogh Roses Oblong Silk Scarf
79.95 USD
Gift her an art-inspired floral scarf. Vincent van Gogh's (Dutch, 1853-1890) Roses (1890) is one of four exceptional still lifes completed just before his departure from the asylum in Saint-Rémy. He conceived of this quartet of radiant spring bouquets-which also includes Irises (1890) in The Met collection-as an ensemble. Though the color has since faded, traces of pink nestled in the pillowy petals and along the tabletop hint at the vividness of the artist's "canvas of pink roses against a yellow-green background in a green vase" in its original state. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art William Morris Compton Oblong Silk Scarf
79.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. William Morris (British, 1834-1896) was one of the most influential figures of the British Victorian era. He derived profound inspiration from the natural world, with many of his lavish botanical textile and wallpaper patterns inspired by indigenous English flora. This lush silk scarf is based on Compton (1896), a beautiful wallpaper design created by John Henry Dearle (British, 1859-1932), Morris's chief designer.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Monet Garden at Argenteuil Oblong Silk Scarf
79.95 USD
This scarf presents a detail of Camille Monet in the Garden at Argenteuil in The Met collection, which was painted in 1876 by Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Central to the painting's composition is a stand of dazzling hollyhocks, framed by our scarf's design. The artist's Impressionist technique evokes the effect of shimmering light. Monet painted a related group of works in the summer of 1876. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Kuba Pattern Merino Wool Oblong Scarf
96.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. The exuberant pattern on this super soft scarf reimagines a late 19th-century ceremonial skirt (ncák)in The Met collection. Reserved for both solemn and celebratory occasions, the original skirt would have been worn spiraled around the torso of a female titleholder of the Kuba confederacy, a community located within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There, it was crafted from units of rectangular cloths known asmbala, and woven with fibers harvested from the leaves of the raffia palm. The cloths were then dyed, cut into abstract shapes, layered, and stitched together using both appliqué and reverse-appliqué techniques. Six of these layered cloths were joined together to form the final garment that inspired this scarf.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Studies of Magnolias Oblong Silk Scarf
102.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. The silken magnolias decorating this scarf reference a trio of nature studies produced by Tiffany & Co. (American, 1837-present) in 1891, the final year of collector, silversmith, and designer Edward C. Moore's (American, 1827-1891) creative leadership at the company. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art William Morris Mixed Patterns Oblong Silk Scarf
79.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. Our lush botanical scarf unites Jasmine (1872) and Blackthorn(1892), two block-printed wallpaper patterns by William Morris (British, 1834-1896). Morris derived profound inspiration from the English countryside, which informed his lush visual vernacular of floral and foliate motifs. He designed highly decorative wallpapers, textiles, furniture, stained glass, and books in abundance as the leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Qing Embroidered Butterflies Oblong Scarf
122.95 USD
An art-inspired fashion scarf, only at The Met. The delicate embroidered butterflies on our soft wool-and-silk scarf celebrate the ornamentation on a striking silk robe made in the late 19th century during China's Qing dynasty (1644-1911). This woman's garment in The Met collection is exquisitely embroidered with longevity medallions and silk butterflies. Since the Chinese word for "butterfly" is a homonym for "octogenarian," butterflies are also symbols of longevity. These auspicious creatures are likewise associated with weddings, so it's possible that this robe was worn for such a joyous occasion.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Edo Blossoms and Butterflies Embroidered Shawl
157.95 USD
An art shawl inspired by The Met collection. This embroidered shawl reimagines an exquisite Edo-period (1615-1868) outer robe known as an uchikake, typically reserved for formal occasions or stage performances. Pillowy peonies and plum blossoms create an exuberant motif, with delicate butterflies fluttering between the blooms. These auspicious symbols of springtime, joy, longevity, and marital happiness are well suited to the original late 18th-early 19th-century robe's enduring use in traditional Japanese wedding ceremonies. Our shawl is complete with stylish self-fringe edges and lurex butterflies for a little shimmer. To find inspiration for how to style this scarf, read our blog post
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Asian Flora and Fauna Oversize Cotton Scarf
102.95 USD
An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. A lively silk textile embroidered with animals, birds, and flowers was the inspiration behind our decorative cotton scarf. Although the original piece dates from the late 12th-14th century, it draws on enduring motifs and compositional traditions associated with Eastern Central Asia from the Han, Tang, and Yuan dynasties, including lotus blossoms, parrots, and a four-animal composition-a spotted horse, a rabbit, and two deer (or antelope)-arranged at the textile's cardinal points.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Phoenixes and Peonies Oblong Velvet Burnout Scarf - Burgundy
132.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. Symbolizing noblewomen, the phoenixes and peonies on this luxurious velvet burnout scarf are borrowed from a vivid velvet chair strip made in 18th-century China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). This elegant textile in The Met's Asian art collection would have been placed on a chair reserved for the host of a celebration within a traditional Chinese reception hall, lending a touch of comfort and beauty to their special seat. The feminine symbolism likewise suggests that this piece was suitable for use in a lady's quarters. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Peeters Bouquet of Flowers Oversize Oblong Scarf
132.95 USD
Our show-stopping scarf showcases details from A Bouquet of Flowers (ca. 1612), a remarkable still life in The Met collection. Clara Peeters (Flemish, ca. 1587-after 1636) was a founding figure in the history of European still-life painting, a genre that attracted women artists who were not allowed to study nude models. Our design celebrates this accomplished artist.
Hokusai Great Wave Zip Pouch
32.95 USD
Artful travel pouches inspired by The Met Make a splash with this zip pouch featuring a detail from Katsushika Hokusai's (Japanese, 1760-1849) iconic woodblock print, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave (ca. 1830-32), in The Met collection. The esteemed ukiyo-e painter and printmaker was especially revered for his landscapes, in which he employed a rich color palette including exotic Prussian blue.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Dürer Apocalypse Unisex Oblong Scarf
122.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. Our striking scarf presents an action-packed detail from Albrecht Dürer's (German, 1471-1528) The Four Avenging Angels (1511). This thrilling woodcut in The Met collection envisions a scene of drama and danger as four angels described in the Book of Revelation descend from the heavens to obliterate humankind, an army of warriors on ferocious, fire-breathing beasts in tow. The fearsome image belongs to Dürer's Apocalypse series, in which the artist vividly imagines the end of days. Click
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Concourse of the Birds Oblong Scarf
96.95 USD
An art scarf inspired by The Met collection. The lively motif featured on both sides of this scarf comes from an illustrated manuscript (ca. 1600) of Farid al-Din Attar's mystical poem Language of the Birds. The text comprises a series of parables narrated by a hoopoe, a crested bird that leads a flock representing individual souls on a journey to find the mythic simurgh, a benevolent winged creature symbolizing spiritual unity. This scarf reimagines the illustration decorating "The Concourse of the Birds," a charming folio added to the manuscript in the early 17th century. Signed by Habiballah of Sava (Iranian, active ca. 1590-1610), the painting depicts the hoopoe addressing his avian companions before they depart on their quest. To find inspiration for how to style this scarf, read our blog post
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Renaissance "M" Cap
39.95 USD
Take home a Met Museum souvenir. This artful "M" comes from Divina proportione (1509), a book of woodcut illustrations in The Met collection by the Franciscan mathematician and theorist Fra Luca Pacioli (Italian, ca. 1445-ca. 1514). Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's (Italian, 1452-1519) Vitruvian Man, a study of ideal anatomical proportions, Pacioli perfected the construction of the Roman alphabet according to geometric principles, stressing the shape of simple, monumental letters.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Muted Florals Beaded Scarf
182.95 USD
Gift an art scarf inspired by The Met collection. Particularly popular during the second half of the 18th century were decorative printed papers used to wrap pamphlets and booklets, such as the example that inspired our embroidered and beaded scarf. These less expensive but still aesthetically pleasing alternatives to leather book covers could be applied to objects of different sizes and produced in a wide variety of patterns, some of which were also repurposed for fabrics. This particular floral motif is characterized by a charming design of stems, leaves, flowers, and berries.