Chatelaines
Though they are rarely worn nowadays, chatelaines were once prized as useful and decorative items, worn by housekeepers, fashionable ladies and some working men.
CHATELAINE: A decorative clasp or a hook from which many chains are hung to accommodate various household accessories such as thimbles, scissors, keys, files, or to display jeweler's conceits such as watches, seals, ...
Chatelaine Originally this was a ring or hook attached at the waist or a fancy brooch, to which chains were attached, to carry useful things like keys, etc.
chatelaine
Two brooches or clips with connecting chains. Originally, a decorative brooch worn at the waist and to which the lady of the manor attached useful items such as keys, watch, coin purse, etc.
chaton ...
Chatelaine
Said to be from the French for "Lady of the House", a chatelaine is a set of implements worn at the waist.
Chatelaine
A girdle or belt from which various implements are suspended
Choker
A necklace approximately 15 inches long ...
Chatelaine (pronounced "Chat-ah-lain"): In Victorian days, woman did not have pockets.
Chatelaine: French for "Lady of the House", a chatelaine is an ornamental chain or pin worn at a woman's waist from which dangle keys, trinkets, scissors, needle cases, pencils, purse, etc.
chatelaine
A belt or girdle that is used to suspend various implements including an etui ...
Chatelaine pin - two pins or brooches worn joined together with a chain joining them.
Chaton setting - this setting holds a stone in place by a series of metal claws around a metal ring. It is also referred to as a coronet or arcade setting.
Chatelaine: An ornamental clasp from which household implements, such as keys, notepad, pencil, scent holders and needle and thread are dangled as charms. Some were very elaborate, gem-set and in gold-filled or carat gold.
Chatelaine
Chatelaine, an ancient jewelry item, is a set of short chains attached on a belt and worn at the waist mainly by women for carrying small items like keys, scissors, trinkets, purse etc.
Chatelaine - An ornamental chain, pin or clasp, usually worn at a woman's waist, to which trinkets, keys, a purse, or other articles are attached. Also used to refer to pins with two figures linked together by a chain.
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CHATELAINE
A Chatelaine is a set of household tools each attached to a chain and usually worn at the waist.
Chatelaine: A chatelaine has a decorative hook that is attached to waistband and from which hangs chains meant to hold items such as keys, scissors along with other household items. The chatelaine was both decorative and utilitarian.
Georgian Chatelaine Scrolled and Foliate Frame in Repousse. C. 1740-1760. Photo Courtesy of Lang Antiques.
ChatelaineAn ornamental chain or pin usually worn at a woman's waist to which keys, trinkets, scissors and purse are attached. ChatelaineSaid to be from the French for "Lady of the House", a chatelaine is a set of implements worn at the waist.
enamel is placed in stamped or cut recesses of a metal form Channel setting A row of stones of the same dimension, fitted into a metal channel Chasing Working a design into a metal from the front using a hammer and/or punches Chatelaine A ...
The most widespread fad in jewelry of the eighteenth century was the chatelaine. This was a stout hook with a miscellaneous assortment of small objects in elaborately wrought metal cases, often decorated with enamels.
Chatelaine: A decorative clasp often worn attached to a woman's belt or girdle. A hooked-plate suspends short chains bearing objects for daily household use such as keys, scissors, a tablet with pencil, coin purse, etc.
Other complex Georgian accessories were the cannetille, chatelaine, and stomacher. The stomacher was an elaborately decorated triangular pane, filling in the front opening of a woman's bodice.
18ct gold French Etui
Seaford Antiques
Etui
An etui is a small decorative case, often worn on a chatelaine(see Chatelaine, Part 3) to carry small items like pencils, scissors, manicure set, or spectacles. Also referred to as necessaire ...
Necessaire is another word for etui, a tiny, decorative, cylindrical-shaped case that was often carried on a chatelaine. The necessaire/etui was used to carry small "necessary" items like pencils and scissors. The etui was first used in the 1720's.
An etui (also called a necessaire) is a tiny, decorative, cylindrical-shaped case that was often carried on a chatelaine. The etui was used to carry small "necessary" items like pencils, scissors, manicure set, or spectacles.
A vinaigrette is a tiny, decorative bottle or box that was often carried on a chatelaine. Smelling salts or aromatic vinegar was carried in the vinaigrette.
VOGUE ...
necklaces, and pendants; on the breast in the form of pectorals, brooches, clasps, and buttons; on the limbs in the form of rings, bracelets, armlets, and anklets; and at the waist in the form of belts and girdles, with pendants such as chatelaines, ...
fake or after-market parts
Hallmarks and Trademarks: Manufacture's marks (a piece made by Cartier is more valuable than the same piece as an unknown)
Accessories: Compacts, chatelaines, cigarette cases and lighters ...
 See also: Jewel, Jewelry, Gold, Stone, Silver
  
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