Off-white cotton sheer ground with embroidered design of a stylized floral spray. The vines are executed in gold foil strips, the small flowers in gilt sequins, and the leaves in beetle elytra.Sternocera aequisignata แมลงทับ, a beetle used in Thailand for beetlewing decoration.Tamamushi Shrine, Horyu-ji, Nara prefecture, Japan. Asuka Period, decorated with lacquer and oil painting on wood, gilt bronze plaques, and the iridescent wings of jewel beetle (Tamamushi).
Beetlewing, or beetlewing art, is an ancient craft technique using iridescent beetle wings practiced traditionally in Thailand, Myanmar, India, China and Japan. Notable beetlewing garments include Lady Curzon's peacock dress (1903) and a costume dress worn by the actress Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, depicted in the painting Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889).
Beetlewing, or beetlewing art, is an ancient craft technique using iridescent beetle wings practiced traditionally in Thailand, Myanmar, India, China...
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The elytra of some Buprestidae species have been traditionally used in beetlewing jewellery and decoration in certain countries in Asia, like India, Thailand...
prominent in human culture, from the sacred scarabs of ancient Egypt to beetlewing art and use as pets or fighting insects for entertainment and gambling...
this genus. Some species—S. aequisignata and S. aurosignata—are used for beetlewing craft because of their iridescent wings. Sternocera castanea boucardii...
physically, from ancient times. Artforms include the direct usage of beetlewing (elytra) in paintings, textiles, and jewellery, as well as the representation...
with lacquer and oil painting on wood, gilt bronze plaques, and with beetlewing work using the iridescent wings of the Chrysochroa fulgidissima beetle...
worked panels were overlapping peacock feathers that had a blue-green beetlewing at the center. Over time, the metal thread in the dress has tarnished...
In the arts Insects in art Beetlewing Musca depicta Arthropods in film Insects in literature Insects in music List of insect-inspired songs Insects on...
In the arts Insects in art Beetlewing Musca depicta Arthropods in film Insects in literature Insects in music List of insect-inspired songs Insects on...
gods of the underworld, similar to the Egyptian gods Akeu and Anubis. Beetlewing art is an ancient craft technique using iridescent beetle wings practiced...
In the arts Insects in art Beetlewing Musca depicta Arthropods in film Insects in literature Insects in music List of insect-inspired songs Insects on...
painting, c.1870, Victoria & Albert Museum Maev Kennedy, Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after £110,000 restoration, The Guardian, 11 March...
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Shrine, a miniature temple from the 7th century was formerly adorned with beetlewing from the jewel beetle Chrysochroa fulgidissima. Lafcadio Hearn, a European-American...
metalwork that the tamamushi wings were applied in the technique known as beetlewing. The tamamushi beetle, a species of jewel beetle, is also native to Japan...
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