White Framed Starfish

Mounted on a linen-textured mat behind glass and set in a clean white frame, the starfish is presented the way a natural history museum might display a found object — with care, without kitsch. The 20" x 20" square format is generous enough to anchor a wall on its own, and neutral enough to integrate into rooms that aren't strictly coastal in theme. White on white on linen is a palette that disappears into almost any interior, which is exactly the point: this isn't a piece that announces a nautical theme so much as one that quietly evokes it. It hangs as easily in a primary bathroom or guest room as it does in a beach house living room — and it leans against a shelf just as well as it goes on a wall, which gives it that rare, unhurried quality of something collected rather than decorated with.

• Dimensions: 20" x 20" x 2.5"