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Africa, Asia and South Asia / August 2, 2024 / art, folklore, folklore/mythology, math, mythology, science, technology
India’s textile production was perhaps the most internationally renowned from the Early Modern period through the Age of Industrialization. Here you see a fantastically detailed embroidered section of a woman’s dress from the 19th century. It is made of cotton muslin and gilded silver wire and — wait for it — beetles’ wings! Fan-cy!
Sources: Victoria and Albert Museum, 19th cent, photo courtesy of John and Marble Ringling Museum