Louis C. Tiffany Peonies Oblong Silk Scarf

$89.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

An art scarf makes a unique gift for her. With its rich hues and pillowy petals, the peony inspired the jewel-toned blooms defining a magnificent floor lamp in The Met's American Wing. Designed in 1904–15 by Louis C. Tiffany (American, 1848–1933) for Tiffany Studios (American, 1902–32), the elaborate florals on the Museum's lamp, reinterpreted on this stylish silk scarf, illustrate the designer's obsession with natural beauty. The size and shape of the individual pieces of glass on the original lamp mimic the…