Lucien Gaillard

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Two dragonflies (1904).

Art Nouveau insect jewellery by Lucien Gaillard (1861–1933).

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Perfume bottle (?) (c. 1923).

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Moth pendant (1900).

And while we’re on the subject, a display of precious stones and metals has opened at London’s Natural History Museum in a new gallery they’re calling The Vault.

Previously on { feuilleton }
Wesley Fleming’s glass insects
The art of Sergei Aparin
Insect Lab
The glass menagerie
The Museum of Fantastic Specimens