Gardner Style
Isabella's Antennae Headdress
$135.00
The Isabella's Antennae Headdress is an exclusive collaboration between Gift at the Gardner and Loschy Designs.
Isabella Stewart Gardner turned heads with her sense of style. The intricate gold headdress is inspired by Isabella's own diamond-incrusted antennae headdress, a uniquely Gardner accessory!
Extends 4.5" tall from metal headband base
Made of brass, crystal, fabric, and select gemstones
One size fits all
Headband is comfortable and flexible
Bobby pins can easily be used for added securing
Small Gold Rhinestone Crown
$58.00
The Rhinestone Crown is an exclusive collaboration between Gift at the Gardner and Loschy Designs. The intricate gold crown's designs are inspired by the masterpieces at the center of the Gardner's special exhibition Metal of Honor: Gold from Simone Martini to Contemporary Art. Each hand-crafted crown features brass filigree stampings hand-sewn to crown base and painted metallic gold.Extends 4" tall from metal headband base
Made of brass, crystal, fabric, and select gemstones
One size fits all
Headband is comfortable and flexible
Bobby pins can easily be used for added securing
Isabella Stewart Gardner Quote Necklace: "C'est Mon Plaisir"
$72.00
"C'est Mon Plaisir"
Isabella Stewart Gardner
The French translation of 'It is my pleasure' was Isabella Stewart Gardner's motto. The sentiment is felt around the Museum and can be seen today, emblazoned on a stone carving over the original entrance to the Museum.
The perfect gift for an equally gracious host as a house warming gift.
16 inch chain
Gold vermeil chain and pendants
Handmade in the USA
Henry James Quote Necklace: "When I Am Wicked"
$68.00
"When I am wicked I am in high spirits."
Henry James
This quote comes from Henry Jame's novel The Europeans, uttered by the spitfire character, Gertrude. "I am never depressed," Gertrude declares. "But I am sometimes wicked. When I am wicked I am in high spirits."
This sterling silver handcrafted double pendant necklace inspires the wearer to always remain both wicked and in high spirits.
18 inch chain
Gold vermeil chain and pendants
Isabella Stewart Gardner Quote Necklace: "Don't Spoil a Good Story"
$72.00
"Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.”
This quotation captures Mrs. Gardner's knowledge of her scandalous reputation in 19th century Boston society. The perfect gift for the elaborate story teller in your life!
16 inch chain
Gold vermeil chain and pendants
Handmade in the USA
Hanging Nasturtium Earrings
$34.00
Cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Gardner Museum. The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues as an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the valiant return of color to the Fenway.
Nasturtium vines (Tropaeolum majus) are planted in late summer and cultivated in the Gardner Museum's greenhouses throughout the winter to prepare them for their spectacular spring debut. The vines require continuous care in the greenhouse to ensure dramatic length - up to twenty feet - and require up to ten workers to install in the museum. The result is a stunning display that cannot be found anywhere else!
1.5 inchesSolid brass, electro-played with non-tarnish silver finish, giclée print
Hypoallergenic ear wires
Made in the USA
Blueprint T-Shirt
$29.95
Isabella’s Palace is one of a kind. From the architecture, to the artwork, to the gardens... the building is a living art form. By integrating Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance elements and stone columns, she could have created a discordant mess. Instead it is a beautiful and harmonious whole. The Museum's blueprint is printed on a 100% cotton Architee shirt.
Please note: X-Small shirts are only available in Navy; sizes Small to 3X-Large are only available in black.
Unisex sizes
Printed in USA
Dormition and Assumption Silk Scarf
$160.00
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin
1430-1434
Fra Angelico, Italian, about 1400-1455
Fra Angelico’s technical and compositional innovations paved the way for a more modern manner of painting in Florence, and he found favor with important patrons, including two popes. This panel is the third in a set of four reliquaries, or containers for holy relics, depicting episodes from the Virgin’s life.
Nineteenth-century enthusiasts celebrated this Dominican painter “Fra Angelico” (the angelic friar) for the spiritual content and lyrical quality of his work. Most of his paintings in the United States are the surviving fragments of larger works, but this one is nearly intact and was greatly admired in Boston. Gardner’s friend the American painter John La Farge, whose works can be found in the Blue Room, once reminded her that even Robert Langton Douglas, a British art critic and director of the National Gallery of Ireland, praised Gardner’s Fra Angelico in his writings.
33.5" x 45"
El Jaleo Silk Scarf
$160.00
El Jaleo
1882
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925
Images like El Jaleo lean toward the daring, risky, unconventional, dramatic, erotically off-center, and odd. Because nomadic groups were believed to ignore ethical principles and exalted superstition over orthodox religion, they endured oppression in numerous countries during the nineteenth century, but artists and bohemians idealized them as free spirits. Bizet's opera Carmen, first performed in Paris in 1875, scandalized the public with its tale of a proud, lusty Andalusian protagonist torn between an army officer and a toreador.
During his travels in Spain in 1879, Sargent was mulling over a major work of art in which he could express his love of Romani music, dance, and picturesque costumes. On his return to Paris, he set to work on a wide horizontal picture whose proportions simulated the shallow stage space of popular musical establishments. He named the painting El Jaleo to suggest the name of a dance, the jaleo de jerez, while counting on the broader definition of jaleo,which includes ruckus or hubbub. The painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882 with the more explicit title El Jaleo: Danse des gitanes (Dance of the Gypsies).
100% Silk
Rembrandt Self Portrait Silk Scarf
$160.00
Self-Portrait, Age 23
1629
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-1669
Rembrandt’s self-portraits, made throughout his long career, served many different purposes, and in these explorations of his own face and personality remain elusive in many ways. This is one of his first painted self-portraits, and unlike most of the earlier ones, it is not a study of expression or emotion. Indeed, the face, though beautifully lit with evocative shadows, is almost expressionless. The painting is all about costume: the plumed cap, silk scarf, and jacket suggest that this might be an elegant sitter, perhaps even an historic personage. The painting is large and carefully finished, almost as though it were a demonstration piece. In 1629, Rembrandt had not yet received any portrait commissions, so this work might have been done to show off his talents.
On the other hand, by 1629, the twenty-three-year-old artist had already begun to attract critical attention. Self-portraits were a desirable collectible for sophisticated connoisseurs, especially since Rembrandt here wears a golden chain, which indicates the status or nobility of the painter’s profession, although he had not received any such decoration.
100% Silk
Tent in the Rockies Silk Scarf
$160.00
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856 - 1925), A Tent in the Rockies, about 1916
Sargent began many of his watercolors with careful pencil drawings that laid out the overall composition of each picture. If you look closely you can see traces of pencil in the folds of the tent’s opening. Light and shade effects, however, were rarely indicated through pencil under-drawings. Sargent would leave that to the skill of his brush in mixing colors, giving his watercolors their fresh beauty.
100% Silk
Chariot of Venus Scarf
$47.00
Francois Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770), The Chariot of Venus, 18th centuryPainter to King Louis XV, François Boucher defined artistic tastes at the French court. He is best known for mythological paintings like this one, the compositions of which reached audiences far and wide through tapestry, porcelain, and print.
Gardner purchased this painting from Wildenstein and Co., venerable dealers of French art. She paid a fraction of the price of her most expensive Italian paintings. Gardner collected few Rococo works; perhaps she sought to fill the void in her collection with this one. It was installed in the Little Salon by 1912, along with a second painting of similar style and an embroidery made from Boucher’s designs, an apparent homage to the French master.
33 x 51 inches
100% Polyester
Machine Washable
Girl with a Lute Scarf
$23.50 $47.00
A Girl with a Lute
1520
Bartolomeo Vento, Italian, active 1502-1513
The lute and the song for tenor and bass lying open on the sill signify the artist's ambition to transcend the conventions of painting and produce a song-haunted mood. This lyrical idea overran Lombardy and Venice in the early sixteenth century and had been quickly brought to its most moving pitch at Venice in the light and color of Giorgione. Here somber shadow prevails, under the influence of the more mystic Leonardo. The picture was painted presumably in Milan, where there are still three versions, two of them by Bartolommeo himself, one of these bearing the same date.
33 x 42 inches100% Polyester
Machine Washable
Isabella Scarf
$47.00
Isabella Stewart Gardner
1888
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925
Mrs. Gardner sat for Sargent during his visit to Boston in January 1888. He was paid $3000 for the portrait, which was exhibited to great acclaim at Boston’s St. Botolph Club. The work also inspired gossip and legend: someone jokingly titled it “Woman: An Enigma,” while others believed that the sensuous display of flesh deliberately echoed the scandal recently created by Sargent’s Madame X. Mrs. Gardner herself said that she rejected eight renderings of the face until she was satisfied.
In its gallery, surrounded by altarpieces, stained glass, and religious statuary, the sacramental quality noted by nineteenth-century reviewers is even more pronounced.
100% Polyester
Machine Washable
Nasturtium Scarf
$47.00
Based in Somerville, MA, Printed Village regularly issues challenges to artists around the world, creating unique and wearable designs from their submissions.The Nasturtium Scarf design is the winning style from a Gardner Museum-inspired challenge, created by UK-based artist Natalia Gonzalez. Participating artists drew inspiration from the Gardner Museum's Nasturtium tradition.
Isabella Stewart Gardner started the tradition of placing colorful displays of Nasturtium vines that cascaded from the courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
75 x 37 inches
100% Polyester
Machine Washable
Young Lady of Fashion Scarf
$47.00
A Young Lady of Fashion
early 1460's
attributed to Paolo Uccello, Italian, 1397-1475
The portrait has a highly decorative quality in which costume and ornament play a major role. The rather flatly modeled face is placed on an insubstantial bust set against a uniform blue background. The woman is portrayed both according to literary notions of female pulchritude, which called for fair skin and blonde hair, and the dictates of contemporary fashion. Costly brocaded fabrics, pearls, and precious stones serve not only to display the sitter’s familial wealth and status but also to enhance her physical appearance – in art, as in life. In addition to a red and gold brocade sleeve and a sleeveless overdress, the woman wears a head brooch, a pearl choker with jeweled pendant, and a white cap ornamented with pearls.
This fashionable beauty looks impassive, immobile, and immutable, as if she were outside space and time. Her portrait image has a static, stereotyped character, in which the sitter’s individuality is almost entirely suppressed in favor of the social ideals for which she stands.
In August 2018, choreographer, painter, dancer, and director Shen Wei transformed the Artist-in-Residence apartment at the Museum into a working studio. Wei was introduced as a young child to a variety of traditional Chinese art forms including opera, watercolor, and ink drawing. Today he is an artist who moves freely across mediums to find spiritual meaning in an increasingly material world. One of the works he was drawn to during his residency is the A Young Lady of Fashion, located in the Long Gallery. This Renaissance portrait, painted in profile, has a striking resemblance to a member of the Shen Wei Dance Arts. The encounter with this artwork inspired Shen Wei and ultimately led to the creation of Passion Spirit, a film shot at the Museum and at the Arnold Arboretum the following Summer.
33 x 51 inches100% Polyester
Machine Washable
Raqib Shaw Scarf
$33.00 $55.00
The Raqib Shaw Scarf features details from Shaw's The Adoration (After Jan Goessaert). This piece is featured in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's exhibition Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West. The scarf was created exclusively for the Gardner Museum.
Made of lightweight poly-blended viscose
Measures 24"W x 80"L
Finished in Fall River, MA
Hand wash and air dry
Return from the Lido Scarf
$47.00
Return from the Lido
1884
Ralph Wormeley Curtis, American, 1854-1922
Ralph Curtis was the son of Daniel and Arianna Curtis, Bostonians who moved permanently to Venice in the late 1870s. After graduating from Harvard (where he was one of the founders of the Lampoon), Curtis studied in Paris at the studio of Carolus-Duran. There he met John Singer Sargent, a distant relative, who became a good friend and sometime painting companion. Curtis met Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1884, when the Gardners spent five weeks in Venice. Thereafter, they met and corresponded frequently. Curtis found works of art for Mrs. Gardner, wrote about developments in the art world, and kept her up-to-date on “gondola gossip” in Venice.
Ralph Curtis’s painting of a gondola gliding through Venice must have held special meaning for Mrs. Gardner. Like the woman depicted, she and Curtis spent many hours in each other’s company floating through the canals. The slight touch of purple through the sky and in the water, along with the mysterious faces of the woman and her gondolier, adds the perfect tone of languid, exotic atmosphere to the scene.
100% Polyester
Machine Washable
Raqib Shaw Neck Tie
$33.00 $55.00
The Raqib Shaw Neck Tie features a detail of Shaw's That Night in Xanadu When the Birds Were Set Free. This piece is featured in the Gardner Museum's exhibition Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West. This contemporary cut slim tie was created exclusively for the Gardner Museum.
Measures 3"W x 57.5"L
Finished in Fall River, MA
Isabella's Opera Coat Purse
$135.00
This Purse is inspired by Isabella Stewart Gardner's luxurious opera coat, made by the House of Worth. In keeping with a revival of interest in eighteenth-century styles, the opera coat imitates a garment inspired by men’s clothing that was worn by Marie Antoinette. The coat is made of purple silk velvet with elaborate embroidery of metallic threads and glass beads.
Expertly hand-embroidered by master zardozi artisans, this Gardner exclusive is a jeweled masterpiece of artistry and craftsmanship, a tribute to Isabella Stewart Gardner and a modern heirloom to be treasured forever.
The opulent and regal velvet Purse features elaborate embroidery and is embellished with semi-precious stones. The Purse has a top flap magnetic closure with a satin lining with one interior pocket and two interior slit pockets lined with gold. Elevate your ensemble to Gardner status with this purse!
Handmade in India
Purse measures 8"W x 5"H x 2.5"D
Removable gold-toned chain shoulder strap 24" drop; chain can be doubled up to create a hand-held bag
Charles Frederick Worth (British, 1825 -1895) for House of Worth (Paris, 1858-1956)
Coat, late 1880s -1890s. Silk velvet with embroidery and beading, height: 139.7 cm (55 in.) Peabody Essex Museum, gift of Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Image courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Isabella's Opera Coat Drawstring Handbag
$100.00
This Handbag is inspired by Isabella Stewart Gardner's luxurious opera coat, made by the House of Worth. In keeping with a revival of interest in eighteenth-century styles, the opera coat imitates a garment inspired by men’s clothing that was worn by Marie Antoinette. The coat is made of purple silk velvet with elaborate embroidery of metallic threads and glass beads.
Expertly hand-embroidered by master zardozi artisans, this Gardner exclusive is a jeweled masterpiece of artistry and craftsmanship, a tribute to Isabella Stewart Gardner and a modern heirloom to be treasured forever.
The opulent and regal velvet Handbag features elaborate embroidery and is embellished with semi-precious stones. Elevate your ensemble to Gardner status with this Handbag!
Handmade in India
Purse measures 7"H x 4"D
Usable space measures 5" x 4"
Removable gold-toned chain shoulder strap 24" drop; chain can be doubled up to create a hand-held bag
Charles Frederick Worth (British, 1825 -1895) for House of Worth (Paris, 1858-1956)
Coat, late 1880s -1890s. Silk velvet with embroidery and beading, height: 139.7 cm (55 in.) Peabody Essex Museum, gift of Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Image courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Gardner Quote Canvas Tote
$21.95
Go green Gardner style with this marvelous canvas quote, featuring Mrs. Gardner's favored nasturtium flowers. In a letter to Bernard Berenson, Mrs. Gardner referenced the flora growing at the Gardner’s Brookline estate Green Hill, which Jack Gardner inherited from his father in 1884. Here, Mrs. Gardner continued to cultivate her lifelong love of horticulture. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum.
11 x 18 inches with an 11 inch drop
Raqib Shaw Tote
$38.40 $64.00
The Raqib Shaw Tote features Shaw's Ode to the Country without a Post Office. This piece is featured in the Gardner Museum's exhibition Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West. The tote was created exclusively for the Gardner Museum and features a snap closure and an internal pocket.Made of heavyweight canvas
Measures 16"W x 14"L with 9" drop poly webbing handles
Finished in Fall River, MA
100% machine washable
Chariot of Venus Foldable Tote
$18.95
The Chariot of Venus8th century
François Boucher, French, Paris, 1703 - 1770, Paris
Painter to King Louis XV, François Boucher defined artistic tastes at the French court. He is best known for mythological paintings like this one, the compositions of which reached audiences far and wide through tapestry, porcelain, and print.
Gardner purchased this painting from Wildenstein and Co., venerable dealers of French art. She paid a fraction of the price of her most expensive Italian paintings. Gardner collected few Rococo works; perhaps she sought to fill the void in her collection with this one. It was installed in the Little Salon by 1912, along with a second painting of similar style and an embroidery made from Boucher’s designs, an apparent homage to the French master.
These shopper totes feature fan-favorite artwork from the Gardner Museum. Sturdy and lightweight, these totes are perfect for an impromptu shopping adventure. When folded into the included carry bag, the tote is easily store in a jacket pocket or purse.
Tote measures 16" x 26" with 9.5" handle drop
Tote pouch measures 4.5" x 4.5"
Made of polyester
El Jaleo Foldable Tote
$18.95
El Jaleo1882
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856 - 1925
During his travels in Spain in 1879, John Singer Sargent was mulling over a major work of art in which he could express his love of Gypsy music, dance, and picturesque costumes. On his return to Paris he set to work on a wide horizontal picture whose proportions simulated the shallow stage space of popular musical establishments. He named the painting El Jaleo to suggest the name of a dance, the jaleo de jerez, while counting on the broader meaning jaleo, which means ruckus or hubbub.
The painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882 with the more explicit title El Jaleo: Danse des gitanes (Dance of the Gypsies). The painting was purchased by American businessman and diplomat T. Jefferson Coolidge in 1882, and was given to Mrs. Gardner as a gift in 1914. Then, as now, El Jaleo resides in the Spanish Cloister of the Gardner Museum, just off the famous Courtyard.
These shopper totes feature fan-favorite artwork from the Gardner Museum. Sturdy and lightweight, these totes are perfect for an impromptu shopping adventure. When folded into the included carry bag, the tote is easily store in a jacket pocket or purse.
Tote measures 16" x 26" with 9.5" handle drop
Tote pouch measures 4.5" x 4.5"
Made of polyester
Garden of Poppies Foldable Tote
$18.95
Garden of Poppiesabout 1891
John Appleton Brown, American, Massachusetts, 1844 - 1902, New York
These shopper totes feature fan-favorite artwork from the Gardner Museum. Sturdy and lightweight, these totes are perfect for an impromptu shopping adventure. When folded into the included carry bag, the tote is easily store in a jacket pocket or purse.
Tote measures 16" x 26" with 9.5" handle drop
Tote pouch measures 4.5" x 4.5"
Made of polyester
Hanging Nasturtiums Foldable Tote
$18.95
Shop the farmers markets in style!These shopper totes feature the Gardner Museum's famous cascading nasturtiums. Sturdy and lightweight, these totes are perfect for an impromptu shopping adventure. Folded into the included carry bag, they are easily store in a jacket pocket or purse.
Tote measures 16" x 26" with 9.5" handle drop
Tote pouch measures 4.5" x 4.5"
Made of polyester
Nasturtium Photo Tote
$4.00
Isabella Stewart Gardner began the annual tradition of hanging colorful displays of nasturtium vines that cascaded from the Courtyard balconies at Fenway. The vines continue to come alive during the week before Easter as the Gardner Museum celebrates the arrival of spring.
Measures 16" x 6" x 12"Made of laminated textile
Isabella Stewart Gardner Cosmetic Case
$18.00
Allow us to give you a hand with storing your cosmetics on-the-go! This cosmetics case features the capable hands of the Museum's founder, Isabella Stewart Gardner as painted by John Singer Sargent. The neoprene case features a zip closure; the Museum's name is printed on the inside.Mrs. Gardner sat for Sargent during his visit to Boston in January 1888. He was paid $3000 for the portrait, which was exhibited to great acclaim at Boston’s St. Botolph Club. The work also inspired gossip and legend: someone jokingly titled it “Woman: An Enigma,” while others believed that the sensuous display of flesh deliberately echoed the scandal recently created by Sargent’s Madame X. Mrs. Gardner herself said that she rejected eight renderings of the face until she was satisfied.
Jack Gardner seems to have asked his wife not to publicly show the portrait again while he was alive, and indeed the portrait was placed in the Gothic Room, which remained private until Mrs. Gardner’s death. In its gallery, surrounded by altarpieces, stained glass, and religious statuary, the sacramental quality noted by nineteenth-century reviewers is even more pronounced.
Made of neoprene with zipper closure
Measures 9.5 x 5.5 x 2 inches
Woman with a Rose Cosmetic Case
$18.00
Allow us to give you a hand with storing your cosmetics on-the-go! This cosmetics case features the delicate hands of the Woman with a Rose by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. The neoprene case features a zip closure; the Museum's name is printed on the inside.In this portrait, the sitter crosses her arms in an enigmatic fashion, and holds a rose casually between her fingers; the flower may symbolize the pleasures and pains of love. The delicate silvery tones and the billowing drapery are typical of the elegant portraits Anthony van Dyck made in London between 1635 and 1639. Fashion and art found remarkable rapport in van Dyck's portraits of English women: strings of pearls, colorful silks, and casually worn diaphanous gauzes were favored by both the painter and his aristocratic sitters.
Made of neoprene with zipper closure
Measures 9.5 x 5.5 x 2 inches
Isabella Stewart Gardner Coin Purse
$12.00
Allow us to give you a hand with keeping your coinage together! This coin purse features the capable hands of the Museum's founder, Isabella Stewart Gardner as painted by John Singer Sargent. The neoprene case features a zip closure; the Museum's name is printed on the inside.Mrs. Gardner sat for Sargent during his visit to Boston in January 1888. He was paid $3000 for the portrait, which was exhibited to great acclaim at Boston’s St. Botolph Club. The work also inspired gossip and legend: someone jokingly titled it “Woman: An Enigma,” while others believed that the sensuous display of flesh deliberately echoed the scandal recently created by Sargent’s Madame X. Mrs. Gardner herself said that she rejected eight renderings of the face until she was satisfied.
Jack Gardner seems to have asked his wife not to publicly show the portrait again while he was alive, and indeed the portrait was placed in the Gothic Room, which remained private until Mrs. Gardner’s death. In its gallery, surrounded by altarpieces, stained glass, and religious statuary, the sacramental quality noted by nineteenth-century reviewers is even more pronounced.
Made of neoprene with zipper closure
Measures 3.5 inches
Nasturtium Enamel Keychain
$10.00
Cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Gardner Museum.
The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the valiant return of color to The Fenway.
Measures 2" x 1.5" inches with 1-inch ring
Nasturtium Enamel Magnet and Nasturtium Enamel Pin also available.
Todder x Gardner Museum Crest Leather Key Fob
$18.95
The Newburyport, Massachusetts-based leather workshop Todder creates durable products infused with passion for quality. Their philosophy is built upon New England’s extreme, ever-changing weather elements and begins with 100% USA vegetable tanned leather.At the heart of this custom-designed key chain is an artistic collaboration between one of New England’s finest leather workshops and one of the world’s most treasured art museums. This artistically-inspired partnership culminates with the corporate seal of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, designed by Gardner’s friend, prominent Boston artist Sarah de St. Prix Wyman Whitman (1842-1904) in 1900.
The motto of the Museum’s seal, ‘C’est mon plaisir’ – ‘It’s my pleasure’ – is stamped on this circular leather keychain. The Museum's name is printed on the verso.
Made of 100% USA vegetable tanned leather and metal
Measures 2" x 3.5" D
Made in Newburyport, Massachusetts
Titian Umbrella
$39.95
This compact umbrella features detail of the sky in Titian's painting, The Rape of Europa. The umbrella also has an auto open button on the base, a snap closure with the Museum's name printed on it, a nylon strap for easy carrying, and a coordinating bag to keep your umbrella dry.11 x 1.5 inches when collapsed
21 x 39 inches when opened
El Jaleo Eyeglass Case
$20.00
El Jaleo1882
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925
Images like El Jaleo lean toward the daring, risky, unconventional, dramatic, erotically off-center, and odd. Because nomadic groups were believed to ignore ethical principles and exalted superstition over orthodox religion, they endured oppression in numerous countries during the nineteenth century, but artists and bohemians idealized them as free spirits. Bizet's opera Carmen, first performed in Paris in 1875, scandalized the public with its tale of a proud, lusty Andalusian protagonist torn between an army officer and a toreador.
During his travels in Spain in 1879, Sargent was mulling over a major work of art in which he could express his love of Romani music, dance, and picturesque costumes. On his return to Paris, he set to work on a wide horizontal picture whose proportions simulated the shallow stage space of popular musical establishments. He named the painting El Jaleo to suggest the name of a dance, the jaleo de jerez, while counting on the broader definition of jaleo, which includes ruckus or hubbub. The painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882 with the more explicit title El Jaleo: Danse des gitanes (Dance of the Gypsies).
The best evidence of his own excited reactions to live dance performances can be found in the pencil sketches of a Spanish woman that he included in an album assembled for Isabella Stewart Gardner. They are among his fastest, most intuitive works. In one drawing, a torrent of fast hard lines suggests the twisting shawl from which a majestic neck and outstretched vamping arms emerge.
This beautiful hardshell eyeglass case features the painting El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent. The work's tombstone information is printed in silver on the inside of the case. The plush black lining and included microfiber cloth and will keep your glasses safe and smudge-free.
6.5 x 1.5 x 3 inches
Nasturtium Eyeglass Case
$20.00
This beautiful hardshell eyeglass case features the painting Nasturtiums by Jan I Voerman. The plush black lining and included microfiber cloth and will keep your glasses safe and smudge-free.6.5 x 1.5 x 3 inches
Isabella Stewart Gardner Pocket Mirror
$16.00
This pocket mirror features the confident gaze of the Museum's founder, Isabella Stewart Gardner as painted by John Singer Sargent. The mirror features a magnetic closure; the Museum's name and the full portrait of Mrs. Gardner is featured on the other side of the mirror.Mrs. Gardner sat for Sargent during his visit to Boston in January 1888. He was paid $3000 for the portrait, which was exhibited to great acclaim at Boston’s St. Botolph Club. The work also inspired gossip and legend: someone jokingly titled it “Woman: An Enigma,” while others believed that the sensuous display of flesh deliberately echoed the scandal recently created by Sargent’s Madame X. Mrs. Gardner herself said that she rejected eight renderings of the face until she was satisfied.
Jack Gardner seems to have asked his wife not to publicly show the portrait again while he was alive, and indeed the portrait was placed in the Gothic Room, which remained private until Mrs. Gardner’s death. In its gallery, surrounded by altarpieces, stained glass, and religious statuary, the sacramental quality noted by nineteenth-century reviewers is even more pronounced.
3.5 x 2 inches
Polyurethane covered
Pearl & Red Crystal Drop Necklace
$90.00
The Pearl & Red Crystal Drop Necklace replicates the pearl and ruby necklace worn by Isabella Stewart Gardner in her portrait by John Singer Sargent, painted during a visit to Boston in January 1888. The majority of Isabella's pearls and rubies were purchased in Paris, France, from the jeweler Boucheron. This delicate and feminine necklace features a strand of 5-6mm white pearls with a gold plate edged red crystal and a white pearl drop, on a gold plated magnetic ball clasp.Measures 18"L
Pendant measures 1"L
Pearl & Red Crystal Drop Earrings
$50.00
The Pearl & Red Crystal Drop Earrings are inspired by the pearl and ruby jewelry worn by Isabella Stewart Gardner in her portrait by John Singer Sargent, painted during a visit to Boston in January 1888. The majority of Isabella's pearls and rubies were purchased in Paris, France, from the jeweler Boucheron. These delicate and feminine drop earrings with a white pearl below a gold plate edged red crystal.Earrings measure 1"L x .5"W
Gold plated 925 silver hooks
Nasturtium Cluster Drop Earrings
$120.00
Nasturtiums are known for their circular-shaped leaves and warm-colored flower petals, as well as their presence in an array of culinary dishes!
The Hanging Nasturtium Cluster Drop Earrings were designed exclusively for the Gardner by Michael Michaud Jewelry, one of our best-selling jewelry lines, in celebration of the Museum's annual nasturtium display. The earrings imitate the nasturtium's cascading vines; the earrings are cast in dual-toned hand-painted bronze and feature orange glass flowers with 24 kt gold plated pollen stems. Earring wires are 925 sterling silver.
Earrings measure 1.78"L x 0.56"W
Nasturtium Cluster Drop Necklace
$116.00
Nasturtiums are known for their circular-shaped leaves and warm-colored flower petals, as well as their presence in an array of culinary dishes!
The Hanging Nasturtiums Necklace was designed exclusively for the Gardner by Michael Michaud Jewelry, one of our best-selling jewelry lines, in celebration of the Museum's annual nasturtium display. The necklace imitates the nasturtium's cascading vines; the necklace's pendant is cast in dual-toned hand-painted bronze and features orange glass flowers with 24 kt gold plated pollen stems.
Necklace measures 16.5"-18.5" (adjustable)
Pendant measures 1.5"L
Nasturtium Pendant Necklace
$74.00
Nasturtiums are known for their circular-shaped leaves and warm-colored flower petals, as well as their presence in an array of culinary dishes!
The Nasturtium Pendant Necklace was designed exclusively for the Gardner by Michael Michaud Jewelry, one of our best-selling jewelry lines, in celebration of the Museum's annual nasturtium display. The necklace's pendant is cast in dual-toned hand-painted bronze and features orange glass flowers with 24 kt gold plated pollen stems.
Necklace measures 16-18"L (adjustable)
Pendant measures 1.25"L
Nasturtium Single Drop Earrings
$88.00
Nasturtiums are known for their circular-shaped leaves and warm-colored flower petals, as well as their presence in an array of culinary dishes!
The Nasturtium Cluster Earrings were designed exclusively for the Gardner by Michael Michaud Jewelry, one of our best-selling jewelry lines, in celebration of the Museum's annual nasturtium display. The earrings are cast in dual-toned hand-painted bronze and feature orange glass flowers with 24 kt gold plated pollen stems. Earring wires are 925 sterling silver.
Earrings measure 1.1"L x 0.44"W
Nasturtium Vine Statement Necklace
$148.00
Nasturtiums are known for their circular-shaped leaves and warm-colored flower petals, as well as their presence in an array of culinary dishes!
The Nasturtium Vine Necklace was designed exclusively for the Gardner by Michael Michaud Jewelry, one of our best-selling jewelry lines, in celebration of the Museum's annual nasturtium display. The necklace imitates the nasturtium's cascading vines; the necklace is cast in dual-toned hand-painted bronze and features orange glass flowers with 24 kt gold plated pollen stems.
Necklace measures 17"-19" (adjustable)
Laura Anderson Barbata: Choker Necklace with Tassels
$44.00
The choker is made of gold metal and four handmade tassels, evocative of the many tassels seen throughout the Museum. The necklace clasps at the back to ensure security during wear. This design was crafted exclusively for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
El Jaleo Enamel Pin
$10.00
During his travels in Spain in 1879, John Singer Sargent was mulling over a major work of art in which he could express his love of Gypsy music, dance, and picturesque costumes. On his return to Paris he set to work on a wide horizontal picture whose proportions simulated the shallow stage space of popular musical establishments. He named the painting El Jaleo to suggest the name of a dance, the jaleo de jerez, while counting on the broader meaning jaleo, which means ruckus or hubbub.
The painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1882 with the more explicit title El Jaleo: Danse des gitanes (Dance of the Gypsies). The painting was purchased by American businessman and diplomat T. Jefferson Coolidge in 1882, and was given to Mrs. Gardner as a gift in 1914. Then, as now, El Jaleo resides in the Spanish Cloister of the Gardner Museum, just off the famous Courtyard.
This enamel pin captures the central figure of Sargent's work, the semi-veiled flamenco dancer, in fluid motion with her skirt in one hand while the other flourishes with the music. Have Sargent's El Jaleo dancer gracefully twirl her way onto your ensemble!
Measures 1.5" x .1.25"
Made of enamel and stainless steel
Medusa Enamel Pin
$10.00
Inspired by the gorgon that lies at the very heart of the Museum, this enamel pin of Medusa's head with serpentine locks is said to have the power to ward off evil (and will surely not turn you into stone).
Measures 1.25" x 1.25"
Made of enamel and stainless steel
Nasturtium Enamel Pin
$10.00
Cascades of blossoming nasturtium vines make their brief but dramatic appearance above the Courtyard, celebrating the arrival of spring at the Gardner Museum.The annual Hanging Nasturtiums display continues an annual tradition started by Isabella Stewart Gardner during the week before Easter, marking the valiant return of color to The Fenway.
Measures 1" x 1"
Nasturtium Enamel Magnet and Nasturtium Enamel Keychain also available.
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