Etruscan Fibula 2nd half of the 7th century BC
gold; 3 7/8" L
Museum of Art
Rhode Island School of Design
Museum Appropriation Fund
Photography by Erik Gould ...
FIBULA
A fibula is a brooch (pin) that looks a bit like a safety pin. Fibulas have been used since ancient times to secure clothing.
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Fibula
Fibula is a brooch which looks like a safety pin.
Findings
Findings are all of the many parts a jeweler uses for jewelry.
Fibula: An ancient and often ornamented clasp or brooch used in ancient Greece and Rome to fasten clothing. It usually consists of piece of bowed metal with a pin connected to one end with a hinge.
Fibula
Archaeological term for brooch
Filigree
Wire twisted into patterns, usually gold or silver, may be soldered to a sheet of metal or twisted to form an openwork pattern ...
Fibula
A clasp or brooch worn by ancient Greeks and Romans to fasten their togas
Figaro Chain
A style of chain with an alternating series of one long link and three short links ...
Fibula: Used to fasten and secure clothing since the times of the ancient Romans and Greeks. This type of brooch/pin looks like a safety pin and is often referred to as a safety pin brooch.
Bird fibulae were popular as well. Further items like clasps, large belt buckles and smaller ones to secure footwear, sword suspending ornaments and armour were often heavily decorated in the jewelry styles of the time.
porcelain or earthenware Fede ring A ring with two hands clasped together first Ferronnière Narrow band with a center jewel worn encircling the forehead Festoon Design motif of a garland or string of flowers, leaves and ribbons Fibula ...
Barbarian tribes from eastern Europe, who were skilled at metalwork, combined such elements of the Roman artistic tradition as gold filigree and the fibula form with the Byzantine cloisonn tradition.
Another utilitarian jewelry design that was common throughout Roman history was the fibula, which was an ornately decorated clothing accessory resembling a large safety pin that was used as a clothing fastener.
A lone design that was persevered throughout the Roman history was known as the fibula which is simply an ordinary pin that was essentially used as a safety pin and as a clothing fastener.
Such beads (or a lengthwise section of such a bead, called a 'runner') were sometimes used to cover the bow of a fibula.
 See also: Jewel, Jewelry, Gold, Brooch, Silver
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