This is a very special brooch, a delicate piece of metalwork and stained glass. The butterfly's head and body are made of glass beads, and the legs and antennae of wire. It's not easy to capture how beautifully the tiny glass panes capture the light. My husband gave this to me as an anniversary present. I'm sure he got it at the Fred Jones Art Museum gift shop (the one I recommended!). He wasn't able to keep from telling me that "it cost a lot of money." (NB: This is why I was right to marry him instead of the one who re-gifted a brooch he'd picked up in Japan.)
This brooch is both big and delicate, so I wear it when I don't think I'll be smashing into things or having to wear a coat on top of it. One of my favorite ways to wear it is on this Ralph Lauren velvet jacket, in an Edwardian style.
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