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Joining our Kuba Pattern Merino Wool Scarf are three new merino wool scarves, each inspired by highlights of The Met’s European Paintings collection.
These timeless scarves are crafted from 100% merino wool, an exceptionally soft and breathable type of wool produced exclusively by merino sheep. This all-natural fiber is both sumptuous and sustainable, making it a prized material for luxurious garments. Our scarves are printed with motifs borrowed from beloved artworks in the Museum’s holdings, such as Vincent van Gogh's (Dutch, 1853–1890) exuberant Irises (1890), and finished with self-fringe edges for added texture as shown below.
Shop the Van Gogh Irises Merino Wool Scarf, and read our comprehensive guide to Van Gogh at The Met Store here.
With its dark, dramatic floral motif, our Peeters Bouquet of Flowers Merino Wool Scarf is perfect for fall. It's the newest addition to our collection of decor and accessories celebrating an ambitious arrangement by the remarkable Clara Peeters (Flemish, ca. 1587–after 1636).
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. A Bouquet of Flowers (ca. 1612) 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.
Our Tiepolo Allegory of the Planets and Continents Merino Wool Scarf features a fabulous tableau 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.
Click here to learn more about this Met masterpiece, which also inspired our women’s lambswool sweater.
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* 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
