Devant De Corset Des Rococo, Garnet & Marcasite Brooch IN Silver, Um 1770

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Devant de Corsage des Rococo, garnet & marcasite brooch in silver, around 1770
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Magnificent rococo devant-de-corsage with garnet & marcasite, around 1770
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In earlier epochs, lady's jewelry was not limited to the finger, décolleté and ear. Numerous other, now forgotten or rarely used pieces of jewelry also populated the rest of the body of the elegant lady and immersed her in a complete shine. An example of such jewelry, which is now forgotten, is the devant-de-corsage. This piece of jewelery, which is very typical of the Rococo, was sewn onto the front of the dress below the breast and emphasized the lady's waist. In the late 19th In the 19th century, this type of jewelry experienced a renaissance. Now the devant-de-corsage was understood as a brooch and was worn a little higher on the body, namely pinned to the chest of the then modern, expansive clothes. The present Devant-de-Corsage is made of silver and richly set with marcasites and garnets. The superbly preserved piece of jewelery from the late 18th century. Century shines mysteriously dark. The design is developed from a large double loop, which is tied around a large garnet. In the middle of the loop follows a series of flowers and rectangles; On the sides of the bow, ribbons made from wider and narrower bars frame the middle row. United at the lower end, all lines lead to a first-class, large, teardrop-shaped garnet. The use of marcasites, i.e. polished iron pyrite, was in the 18th century. In the 19th century, next to cut steel and glass pastes, it was initially a very common technique to imitate precious gemstones in cheaper materials. In the course of time, however, you gained a taste for the cool sheen of the marcasite, which was valued as an evening ornament in its own right. Nice examples of corresponding Jewelery can be found at Ginny Reddington Dawes / Olivia Collings: Georgian Jewelery 1714-1830, Woodbridge 2007, p. 105. Our Devant-de-Corsage is an impressive, large piece of jewelry. On its back, it still shows the two eyelets to which it was originally sewn on the dress - because Rococo jewelry was always sewn firmly onto the dress and then separated again after the occasion in order to be attached to another dress for the next party . During the 19th At the beginning of the 20th century, one of the previous owners got tired of this procedure and had a brooch attached to the back so that you can now wear the piece like a brooch. We were able to acquire the brooch from an estate in France, where the hallmark shows that it was imported in earlier times. Now it is waiting for you in Berlin - and for your next opportunity to shine again as in Marie Antoinette's time.
Size and details
Material:
27 faceted garnets, 1.9 mm diameter up to 7.8 x 11.4 mm faceted marcasites, max. 3.5 mm diameter silver The setting of the lower garnet made of gold, fineness not precisely determined
Rubber stamp:
French weevil import stamp on the hook of the brochure
Size:
6.5 cm wide, 15.7 cm long
Weight:
26.8 g
Status:
Very good, the brooching supplemented in an earlier time, the setting of the lower garnet with a small dent on the back, some marcasites slightly crooked in the setting, the upper middle garnet with slight signs of wear
Certificate:
Object no .:
18-0145
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18-0145
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description In earlier epochs, lady's jewelry was not limited to the finger, décolleté and ear. Numerous other, now forgotten or rarely used pieces of jewelry also populated the rest of the body of the elegant lady and immersed her in a complete shine. An example of such jewelry, which is now forgotten, is the devant-de-corsage. This piece of jewelery, which is very typical of the Rococo, was sewn onto the front of the dress below the breast and emphasized the lady's waist. In the late 19th In the 19th century, this type of jewelry experienced a renaissance. Now the devant-de-corsage was understood as a brooch and was worn a little higher on the body, namely pinned to the chest of the then modern, expansive clothes. The present Devant-de-Corsage is made of silver and richly set with marcas