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Elite Elytra
A famous Victorian dress worn by Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth is being restored to its original splendor. Part of that splendor involved the replacement and repair of over 1,000 buprestid jewel beetle elytra. . Check out the history of … Continue reading
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Tagged beetle, buprestid, cyndrekit, Ellen Terry, elytra, fashion, John Singer Sargent, McKelvey, Victorian Dress, wing
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