Gujarat Diamond-Pattern Merino Wool Scarf

$89.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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…