Pair of buckles

Unknown1780[ca]

Details

Title: Pair of buckles
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1780[ca]
Original Tittle: Par de hebillas
Type: Jewellery
Rights: Pair of buckles for mens’ shoes made of silver and white glass. This material, named in honour of its inventor, is cut as if it were a diamond and in these pieces is organized into three lines of settings, interrupted on the four axes of the frame by the same number of rosettes, in which the large central glass particularly catches the eye. The use of rhinestones, whether white or coloured, to decorate mens’ shoes shows that, in the second half of the 18th century, no objects relating to personal adornment were left out of the craze for sparkling diamonds and precious gems, or their imitations., http://museodeltraje.mcu.es/
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