Introducing a New Line of Women’s Lambswool Sweaters

The Met Store is delighted to present a new line of women’s lambswool sweaters sure to elevate any cold-weather look.

Our new crewneck sweaters are crafted from 100% lambswool for comfort, and enhanced with stylish motifs from artworks in The Met collection. A softer alternative to the wool of a mature sheep, lambswool is a naturally breathable and hypoallergenic fiber.

The fabulous tableau on our sweater is by the great Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770). Regarded as the first master of the Grand Manner—a style of painting then celebrated for its idealized, often Classical motifs—Tiepolo was arguably the most outstanding painter of 18th-century Europe. 

Allegory of the Planets and Continents (1752) ranks among his largest and most dazzling oil sketches, in which a radiant Apollo, the god of light, is set to launch on his daily course across the sky. The deities around Apollo symbolize the planets, while the allegorical figures on the cornice represent the "four continents," which included Europe, Africa, Asia and America at the time. Tiepolo presented this preliminary sketch to the prince-bishop of Würzburg as his proposal for a palace fresco. The finished work is often considered Tiepolo's greatest achievement.

The Peeters Bouquet of Flowers Women's Lambswool Sweater is a head-turner with its striking palette of vivid petals against a chic black background, honoring the original composition by Clara Peeters (Flemish, ca. 1587–after 1636).

A Bouquet of Flowers (ca. 1612), on view in The Met’s European Paintings galleries, showcases Peeters’s keen eye for detail. Among the vivacious blooms are little dewdrops, insect bites, and drooping tulips that hint at transience and decay. The astoundingly observational composition exemplifies the connection between floral painting and botanical illustration during the Scientific Revolution, during which Peeters was active.

For a lighter, brighter look, the Van Gogh Irises Women's Lambswool Sweater features the Dutch artist’s beloved blooms against a goes-with-everything cream base. 

Van Gogh’s (Dutch, 1853–1890) original vision for Irises (1890), now a highlight of The Met’s European Paintings collection, differed from what modern-day visitors to the Museum will find; rather, he described his endeavor to achieve a “harmonious and soft" effect by placing the "violet" flowers against a "pink background." The red pigments have since faded, leaving the painting with the blue-and-white palette we see today. Irises belongs to a quartet of spring still lifes that Van Gogh painted in May of 1890, just before his departure from the asylum in Saint-Rémy. 

Shop our new women’s lambswool sweaters, alongside jewelry, accessories, and other thoughtful gifts for her, in-store and online. 

*Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Friends of European Paintings, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Gifts, Gift of Humanities Fund Inc., by exchange, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Inc. Gift, and funds from various donors, 2020

This post was originally published on 2/20/25.