John Derian Lover

$110.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Our decoupage paperweight, created exclusively for The Met by designer John Derian, draws inspiration from a 19th-century locket featuring a miniature watercolor of a single blue eye. “Lover's eye” paintings like this one, which typically featured the giver's eye, were popular romantic gifts in late 18th-century Britain. Derian reimagines the locket as a decorative paperweight in celebration of Costume Art , The Costume Institute's spring 2026 exhibition exploring the connection between clothing and the body…