Thai Sagra Femorata Group

Six small beetles in a row, shading from copper to deep blue.

This sagra femorata group is from Thailand, and is contemporary. It is wood & glass. Some of the earliest insect collections appeared around the 17th century in European curiosity cabinets, displayed beside exotic plants and prehistoric fossils, which were forerunners of modern day institutions. Line of tiny beetles fixed at an even distance along a wide, shallow frame. Their metallic backs run in order from coppery red through gold and green to deep blue, each with dark antennae and legs. It is 8.25 inches wide, 2 deep and 4.25 high.

A tiny paint chart, arranged with a very steady hand.