February 14th, 2023 at 6:08PM

flumptonbronzebottom:

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Dress of cotton muslin, gilded metal thread and Indian jewel beetles (sternocera aeqisignata), Britain, 1868-9, Victoria & Albert Museum

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The use of beetle elytra in embroidery spread to Britain from India, where they had been used for centuries.

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/beetle-wing-19thcentury/

Beetle-Wing Embroidery in Nineteenth-Century Fashion | Fashion History Timeline
Beetle-Wing Embroidery in Nineteenth-Century Fashion | Fashion History Timeline
fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu

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