The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify. Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness.
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Your search for beetlewing returned 15 results
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Photoset reblogged from Days Gone By
From Kerry Taylor Auctions: 1926 c. an ivory tulle and beetle-wing adorned dress, probably formed from an Edwardian skirt panel, further embellished with gold embroidery. I love the asymmetrical hemline.
Obviously for those who have been folowing me for quite some time I have a slight beetlewing embroidery addiction.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
It stands to reason that I would love this costume because I feel a personal connection. if you have been following me for a while you will know I have an antique costume addiction. Particularly Beetlewing Embroidery as seen here
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Remember when I said I had a slight beetlewing obsession?
Well, I still do. This is the latest edition to my collection and quite possibly my favourite piece from my entire collection.
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Beetle wing embroidered dress
Springhill Costume Collection, Co Londonderry
As part of the ‘Ages of Elegance’ exhibition, this beetle wing embroidered dress from 1856 forms part of the Springhill costume collection. It is decorated with silver gilt thread and nearly 1,000 Indian jewel beetle wings.
© NTPL / Jacqui HurstRepairing the broken wings of the dress was enough to test the patience of our textile conservators. Each broken wing had to be glued together with a tiny piece of Japanese paper soaked in special glue before being returned to the dress. ‘You only got about 30 seconds before it dried, so you really had to concentrate’ said conservator Deborah Mecklenburgh.
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Another inspiration for Promenade was The Peacock Dress. An extraordinary feat of embroidery it was designed by The House of Worth for Lady Curzon in 1903. Made specifically for the evening ball which followed the Delhi Durbar (Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India at the time), the dress was embroidered with gold thread and beetle’s wings.
I kid you not when I saw this dress on google my first thought was Dude, Lady Curzon could totally rock this.
Then I read the description.
Oh yeahh.
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I told you I had a small obsession with beetlewings. I bought a 2 metre flounce also but I didn’t take pictures. It’s very delicate and it’s the oldest piece of beetlewing I own.
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ignore my sheets underneathCloseup of the table runner. The goldwork is very similar to some of the pieces in the V&A textile archive
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I’ve sent this photo to a few different places inquiring about what it is?
The lady who sold it to me told me it was a stole but I don’t see how? You can’t tell from the photo but the other side the same as this side I just don’t want to move it about too much.
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Two evening dresses ornamented with beetle wings; Cora Ginsburg LLC catalogue, 2000, p. 23.
A little side note, when I saw the description I smiled.
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Textile sample
Madras (Chennai), India
mid-19th century
Silver, silk, spangles & beetle wings
Sample piece from original, Width 50 cm x Length 238 cm
Museum no. Series 1, Volume 7, No 270 -
The dress and shawl pictured here were sewn from Muslin and decorated with green beetle wing cases. It was made in Madras for a Barbara Morrison, a Skye crofter’s daughter. She married a soldier who was posted to India during the early days of the British Raj.
Barbara had the dress and shawl made in Madras for a social gathering of military personnel and their families.
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This is horrible.
I’ve totally forgotten where this is from!
I’m so sorry you guys I will try to remember!
I want to say Glastonbury but I have no clue!!! I’m sorry!
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“One of Mrs. Nettleship’s greatest triumphs was my Lady Macbeth dress…The picture of me is nearly finished, and I think it is magnificent. The green and blue of the dress is splendid, and the expression as Lady Macbeth holds the crown over her head is quite wonderful …” wrote Ellen in her diary in 1888.
