Bog Myrtle in Bloom

Bog Myrtle in Bloom – A marsh that catches the light

Discover 'La fleurison de myrica', the most atmospheric design from our collaboration with the Emile Van Dorenmuseum in Genk. Bog myrtle – a shrub of wet heathland – flowers in April and May, putting out golden catkins. Van Doren painted that moment on a boggy heath: a dark palette, royal-blue strokes, pale blue pools reflecting the light, and above them a bank of clouds set down in rough, sketchy strokes.

Van Doren was no marginal figure. In 1892 he won the Prix Donnay, the landscape prize of the Brussels Academy, co-founded the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts alongside Constantin Meunier and Fernand Khnopff, and enjoyed serious royal admiration. Leopold II bought his work early on, according to the museum Albert I and Queen Elisabeth never missed one of his exhibitions, and King Baudouin later hung a Van Doren in his study in Opgrimbie.

On the sock, the canvas became a camel-brown foot for the peaty ground, a light blue cuff for the sky, and in between the pools, the golden catkins and the dark shrubs. Knitted in, not printed – the colours are part of the sock itself, so they don't fade.

'La fleurison de myrica' · oil on canvas, 101.5 × 70.5 cm · collection Emile Van Dorenmuseum, Genk.

A one-time run of 700 pairs. When they're gone, they're gone.

• 80% organic cotton
• 15% polyamide
• 5% elastane

• Free shipping on orders over CHF 49
• Delivery time Germany: 2-4 business days
• Delivery time Austria & Switzerland: 3-5 business days
• Delivery time Netherlands & Belgium: 2-4 business days
• Delivery time rest of EU: 3-5 business days

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Ordered before 17:00 on weekdays, delivered tomorrow. Delivery with PostNL.

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Austria & Switzerland:

Delivery within 3-5 working days.

Are your new socks not what you hoped of them? No problem. You can easily return your order up to 30 days after receipt and of course receive a full refund.