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Belt and hanger

Belt and hanger

  • Place of origin:

    Germany (probably, made)

  • Date:

    17th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silver, cast and pierced

  • Credit Line:

    May Morris Bequest

  • Museum number:

    M.34-1939

  • Gallery location:

    Jewellery, room 91, case 29, shelf D, box 9

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Jane Morris, known as Janey, was the wife of the artist, designer and socialist William Morris. She was often painted by the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and in his painting Asarte Syriaca, of 1877, she is wearing this girdle.

Some of Jane Morris's jewels were bequeathed to the V&A by her daughter May in 1938, including this girdle.

Physical description

A silver girdle, composed of twenty-nine links decorated with floral ornament, a circular buckle and an attachment with three suspension loops.

Place of Origin

Germany

Date

17th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Silver, cast and pierced

Dimensions

Length: 104.1 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 36.5 cm
Depth: 2.1 cm
Diameter: 5.3 cm (of buckle)

Object history note

The belt was worn by Janey Morris in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's painting Asarte Syriaca (1877).

Descriptive line

Silver belt and hanger, made in the 17th century, probably in Germany.

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Piercing; Cast

Subjects depicted

Flowers

Categories

Jewellery; Accessories; Metalwork

Collection code

MET

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