The Metropolitan Museum of Art Decorative Accents*Monet Bridge And Water Lilies Glass Tray

Unique Trays Featuring Met Masterpieces.

In 1893, The Painter And Horticulturist Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) Purchased A Plot Of Land With A Pond Near His Home In Giverny. With The Intention Of Transforming The Acquisition Into Something “For The Pleasure Of The Eye And Also For Motifs To Paint,” He Built His Famous Water-Lily Garden. The Met’S Bridge Over A Pond Of Water Lilies (1899), Reproduced On This Glass Catchall Tray, Is One Of 12 Garden Views The Artist Completed In The Summer Of 1899.