Nautilus Shell Spiral Silk Necktie

Description

Nautilus Shell Silk Necktie. Popular in curiosity cabinets of the Renaissance and Victorian eras, when viewed in cross-section, the Chambered Nautilus shell displays a near perfect logarithmic spiral. This equiangular growth spiral, or Golden Ratio, occurs in mollusks, animal and human bodies, the arms of galaxies, hurricanes, cyclones and the paths of birds and insects in flight.

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