Fig. 2: Beetlewing in the Victorian and Contemporary periods. | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 2: Beetlewing in the Victorian and Contemporary periods.

From: Light as matter: natural structural colour in art

Fig. 2

A Delighted at the Prospect: the Nayika Mudita by Kripal, ca. 1665. San Diego Museum of Art. B Textile for application to a garment, elytra, metal spangles and gold-wrapped thread, ca. 1855, India. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. C Dress of cotton muslin, gilded metal thread and elytra, 1868–1869, Britain. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. D Beetle wing dress for Lady Macbeth designed by Alice Laura Comyns-Carr, 1888. Smallhythe Place, Kent. Photo: Steve Cottrell. E Queen Sirikit’s jacket designed by Pierre Balmain, 1985. Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, Bangkok. F Wajima painting combining tamamushi and sprinkled painting. Photo: Unedaya Inc., Wajima. G Royal Palace in Brussels decorated by Jan Fabre, 2002. Photo: Belgian Tourism Board for Flanders & Brussels.

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