Monet’s Water Lilies really made it to the dining table! Musée d’Orsay 40th anniversary collab turns classic paintings into clothing and tableware
On sale starting September 23 — Impressionism lovers, don’t miss it
Summary
- To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Musée d'Orsay has teamed up with French retailer Monoprix on a limited-edition collaboration.
- Drawing inspiration from works by Monet, Manet, Signac, Toulouse-Lautrec and other artists, the collection also highlights several women artists.
- Monet’s “Water Lilies” is reimagined as tableware, while pieces such as Anna Boch’s “Cueillette” are transformed into sleepwear and clothing.
- The full collection features nearly 50 items, spanning apparel, sleepwear, tableware and home goods, priced around €10–€280.
- Launching on September 23, 2026, it will be available at selected Monoprix stores, on the Monoprix website, and at the Musée d'Orsay shop.
When you see a work you love at a museum, can you only take home a postcard or poster? This time, Monet’s “Water Lilies” can even appear right on your dining table. To celebrate the Musée d’Orsay’s 40th anniversary, French lifestyle brand Monoprix has teamed up with the museum for a new collaboration that brings classic Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works from its collection into everyday life. From clothing and sleepwear to tableware and home goods, the collection lets art live beyond museum walls.
Rather than simply printing famous paintings on clothing, it lets you wear the colors from the artworks
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What makes this collaboration so appealing is that it doesn’t simply reproduce entire famous paintings on its products. Instead, it draws inspiration from the colors, brushstrokes, and details in each work, translating them into designs made for everyday use. The collection also reinterprets the language of late-19th-century dress, from feminine silhouettes and structured sleeves to tailored cuts, in a more contemporary way. At first glance, you may not realize the pieces draw on paintings from more than a century ago, yet a closer look reveals artistic references everywhere.
Monet’s “Water Lilies” becomes tableware, while an Anna Boch painting becomes sleepwear
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Across nearly 50 pieces, the collection reimagines works by artists including Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, and Paul Signac. The water lilies, pond, and soft blue-green tones in Monet’s “Bassin aux nymphéas, harmonie verte,” for example, are brought into the tableware designs. “Cueillette,” by female artist Anna Boch, becomes sleepwear filled with tiny floral colors, while even the flowers in Manet’s paintings are transformed into clothing you can wear. It really makes you want to take the entire Musée d’Orsay home with you.
Launching September 23
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Alongside the familiar masters, this collaboration also turns its attention to women artists whose work has received less attention in the past, including Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzalès, and Anna Boch. The collection includes nearly 50 items and will officially launch on September 23, 2026, at select Monoprix stores, on the Monoprix website, and at the Musée d’Orsay shop. If you’re planning a trip to Paris soon, set aside a day to visit the Musée d’Orsay and see the famous paintings, then don’t forget to stop by and browse the collaboration too. You may just end up taking a little piece of the “Musée d’Orsay” home.
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Images from / monoprix.fr
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