Thai Wood Sanaa Intermedia

Moth-like insect spreads rust and gold wings with threadlike antennae sweeping wide.

This sanaa intermedia 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. Insect with long hair-thin antennae, the upper wings banded in orange-red and cream, the lower pair a speckled chestnut brown with pale dots. A dark body with an orange tip sits in the middle of a wide black frame. It is 7.75 inches wide, 3 deep and 6.5 high.

Delicate stitching on those wings, no thread required.