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Synopsis
Chatelaines are essentially decorative and useful waist hung items. This book provides a history of chatelaines with special attention paid to the 19th century, when the Victorians used them them for keys, sewing, dance, perfume bottles, spectacles and purses. Illustrations show the quality and variety of the examples produced. In addition, the book contains historical and sociological information about the people who wore and used chatelaines as well as much new material and information, collected together for the first time.
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- PublisherMuseum of Fine Arts Boston
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1851492062
- ISBN 13 9781851492060
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages312
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Chatelaines: Utility To Glorious Extravagance
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Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge UK 1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 1851492062
ISBN 13: 9781851492060
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Hardcover
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
28.0 x 21.5cms, 320pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper. The section headings are: the history of waist-hung appendages (2000 BC - the era of the collectable chatelaine 1870 to 1914); specific varieties (watch, belt, fashionable dress, spectacles, bags, needlework, nurses; sport & recreation; multi-purpose; symbolic, sentimental & religious; finger ring, hand & bracelet; oriental; miniature dolls & children's; creative fabric). Seller Inventory # 193323
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Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance
Published by
Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, 1996
ISBN 10: 1851492062
ISBN 13: 9781851492060
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Hardcover
Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd, Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 311pp, b/w and colour illustrated, colour photographic d/j with title in green to white spine. Some shelfwear, sticker remnants to bottom of d/j front flap. Small indents/marks to d/j. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 066758
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Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance
Published by
Antique Collectors' Club Publishing, 1994
ISBN 10: 1851492062
ISBN 13: 9781851492060
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Softcover
Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); 3.8 lbs; Light blue dust jacket with photo of chatelaines, and title in white and black lettering; 1994, Antique Collectors' Club Publishing; 312 pages; "Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance," by Genevieve E. Cummins, et al. Seller Inventory # SKU-1510AA12503235
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Chatelaines. Utility to Glorious Extravagance
Published by
Antique Collectors' Club, 1994
ISBN 10: 1851492062
ISBN 13: 9781851492060
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Hardcover
Seller: FolignoLibri, Foligno, PG, Italy
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Rigida. Condition: Come Nuovo (Mint). Testo in inglese, 311 p., f.to cm 28x22, copertina rigida in tela con sovraccoperta, illustrazioni a colori e b/n. Come nuovo. Book. Seller Inventory # BC_96670
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Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance
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ACC Art Books, 1994
ISBN 10: 1851492062
ISBN 13: 9781851492060
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Seller: Greenbank Books, Falmouth, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book condition: Near Fine - no inscriptions or marking. Clean, bright copy. Dust Jacket: Near Fine - Not price clipped, no tears - please see photos. Postage: Heavy item postage costs calculated at time of purchase. Seller Inventory # 0287
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Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance
Published by
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1994
ISBN 10: 1851492062
ISBN 13: 9781851492060
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Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-1851492062-3
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