The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Cloisters Garden Forget-Me-Not Quilled Card | Notecards & Correspondence

Art Cards Inspired By The Met Collection.

The Lush Design On This Artful Quilled Card References The Careful Study Of A Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis Sylvatica) With A Colorful Butterfly From The Master Of Claude De France’S Spectacular Book (Ca. 1510–1515) At The Met Cloisters. The Book Belongs To What’S Been Called “The Last Flowering” Of Northern European Manuscript Illumination In The Medieval Tradition. The French Artist Immortalized Garden Variety Flora, From The Blackberry To The Marigold, In Witness To Their Beauty. Each Of The Flowers In This Magnificent Manuscript Can Be Found In The Gardens At The Cloisters.

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