Chatelaines

Cummins, Genevieve; Taunton, Nerylla

ISBN 10: 1851492062 / ISBN 13: 9781851492060

Published by Antique Collectors' Club, 1994

About this Item

Dust jacket has edge bumping, light wear and a crease on top front. Text unmarked, pages clean and bright, binding tight. Bookseller Inventory # 160719009OVS

Bibliographic Details

Title: Chatelaines

Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition:Used: Very Good

About this title

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.