Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japanese Birds and Flowers Oversized Shawl Ricco 1000 pieces of different lace

1000 pieces of different lace patterns intertwined together in a "flower show" of colors

Organic pastilles are still a rarity in the candy industry

Charming decorative pillow / cushion cover of a Pug dog amongst his favorite dog books

These cloth botanical napkins are expertly reproduced based on the 1915 botanical drawings found in The Met Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japanese Birds and Flowers Oversized Shawl Ricco 1000 pieces of different laceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Japanese Birds and Flowers Oversized Shawl, 72. 5 x 32" This ethereal pattern comes from a silk piece made in 18th19th century Japan. Woven during the Edo (16151868) or Meiji period (18681912), the Museum's charming textile bears a repeating pattern of birds in flight among tendrilous flowers. Today, its housed in The Mets Asian art collection, one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world.