Decorative Accents*The Met Store Cross Cap Nègre Scented Soap and Porcelain Dish Gift Set

Artful gifts for the home.

The perfect host or hostess gift, this ribbon-wrapped porcelain dish and sandalwood-scented soap set is decorated with details from an ethereal drawing by Henri-Edmond Cross (Henri-Edmond Delacroix) (French, 1856–1910). Cap Nègre (1909), now in The Met collection, depicts a serene scene of boats on the water surrounded by mountains and trees. Delacroix painted in the Neoimpressionist style that flourished mostly in France between 1886 and 1906. He adapted the Neoimpressionist technique of applying individual strokes of color (or tâches) in his light-dappled pictures. As his practice evolved and he took up watercolor painting, his brushstrokes became looser and his colors softened.