British Flowering Vines Embroidered Oblong Scarf

$150.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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…