Tableware*The Met Store Mixed Herb Napkin Ring Set

These herb-bedecked napkin rings finished in antique pewter or gold over copper recall the verdant gardens at The Met Cloisters, the branch of The Met devoted to the art and architecture of the Middle Ages.

Places of beauty and contemplation, the three enclosed gardens contain more than 300 species of plants, which illuminate the important role that plants played in medieval art and life—from the medicinal to the allegorical.

Herbs were employed in a fascinating variety of ways in medieval times. The herbs that grow in the Bonnefont Herb Garden at The Met Cloisters are grouped according to their medieval uses, including household plants; medicinal plants; culinary plants; brewing herbs; plants used by medieval artists; plants associated with love and marriage; and magic…See More