Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dragonflies Correspondence Cards, Gold Embossed, Boxed Set of 25

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dragonflies Correspondence Cards, Gold Embossed, Boxed Set of 25

• The design for these 25 elegant, gold-embossed boxed set of correspondence cards takes as its inspiration a hair ornament (ca. 1904) that depicts, in precious materials, a pair of delicate dragonflies resting on dandelions
• 25 gold-embossed white correspondence cards, with 25 white envelopes
• Cards measure 6 1/4'' x 4 7/8''
• Inspired by wildlife and botanical sources, Louis Comfort Tiffany and other turn-of-the-century artists employed dragonflies as a favorite motif to convey the beauty and delight of the natural world.