Asian Woodlands Embroidered Napkin Set from The Met Museum

The embroidered detailing on our nature-inspired napkins evokes the motif on an intricate Japanese lacquer box in The Met collection. This beautiful 19th-century object depicts a deer amid delicate foliage, created with the maki-e or “sprinkled picture” technique of applying gold powder to wet lacquer, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl and pewter.