ART-INSPIRED SCARVES FROM ENGLAND

These silk-chiffon 71" x 22" scarves are beautifully made—the hems are hand-rolled and sewn, not machine-stitched. Because they are silk chiffon, they can easily be tied in a variety of ways; they are large enough to wear as a light shawl. $98 each THE POND AT GIVERNY

The deep greens and blues of this scarf portray the lush and luminous water lily pond that so captivated Claude Monet. The artist moved to Giverny in 1883, and ten years later, started designing the pond. According to the National Gallery of Art:

“He encircled the basin with a vivacious arrangement of flowers, trees, and bushes, and the next year filled it with water lilies. He added a Japanese-style wooden bridge in 1895, then a few years later started to paint the pond and its water lilies—and never stopped, making them the obsessive focus of his intensely searching work for the next quarter century.” MONET WATER LILIES

In 1924 Monet wrote, “It took me a long time to understand my water lilies . . . I grew them without thinking of painting them . . . And then, all of a sudden, I had the revelation of the enchantment of my pond. I took up my palette.” VAN GOGH SUNFLOWERS

This vibrant yellow, orange, and green scarf is inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s sunflower series, a set of seven paintings made in Arles, France, between 1888 and 1889.

To Van Gogh, the sunflower (tournesol, in French, “turn to the sun”) symbolized gratitude. According to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Paul Gauguin had seen Van Gogh’s earlier sunflower paintings in Paris and was impressed by them. When Van Gogh learned that Gauguin was coming to the South of France to visit him, he painted several still lifes of the flower with which he decorated the guest bedroom. Gauguin called the paintings “completely Vincent.” Price above does not include shipping and handling.