Fig. 6: Butterfly and fish scales in art. | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 6: Butterfly and fish scales in art.

From: Light as matter: natural structural colour in art

Fig. 6

A Brooch ornament made of fish scales, 1881, Barbados. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. B Matzah Bag, Girl’s Orphan Home, ca. 1910, Jerusalem. Velvet embroidered with metallic thread and couched fish scales. Derfner Judaica Museum, Riverdale. C Apron, ca. 1890, Bohemia. National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids. D Broken French faux pearl, glass bead coated with essence d’orient and wax filling inside 19th century. Musée Itinérant de la Perle Ancienne en France. Photo: Guy Maurette/courtesy of Marie-José Opper. E Glass-stained window from St. Paul’s Episcopal church made by Lori Precious with butterfly wings, 2003. Photo: Lori Precious. F Thistle, reptile and butterflies by Otto Marseus van Schrieck, 17th century. Musée de Grenoble. Photo: Jean-Luc Lacroix. G ‘0 to 1’ by Maximilian Prüfer, butterfly scales arranged under a microscope, 2018. Photo: Maximilian Prüfer. H Hanging basket of flowers with butterflies by Henry Dalton, viewed through a microscope, made of butterfly scales. Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City.

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