Neckpiece:
CELESTIAL OBJECTS VIEWED WITH THE NAKED EYE.
2005

Embroidered goldwork beetle by
Jane Nicholas in metallic thread and wire, WWII 'Original Bézard' compass, typewriter keys and rubber rollers, Victorian sugar tongs, marbles, lens, microscope objective part, seahorse, opal, pocket-watch hand and winding crown, resin, hand-coloured 18th-century engravings, 19th-century colour and b&w lithographs, steel engraving, etched brass, armadillo armour (bony scutes), sea urchin shell, deer hoof, czech glass, glass buttons, peacock feather, velvet, steel, leather, paper, text, soil.

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