Chatelaine Ornament
late 19th century (made)
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This disk-shaped chatelaine ornament reveals a mixture of Indian and Tibetan influences in its craftsmanship and design, suggesting it was made and used somewhere in the western Himalayas at the interface of the two cultures. Though the use of turquoise and silver is a traditional Tibetan combination, the ring of garnets, the symmetrical filigree work and the beaded outer edge of this example are Indian in style. Other ornaments or objects such as keys hung from this disk, worn by women at their waist.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Embossed silver, with filigree silver wire and inset turquoises and garnets |
| Brief description | Chatelaine ornament, silver, turquoise and garnet, 19th century, western Himalayas. |
| Physical description | A circular silver convex disk covered with concentric circles of turquoise, garnet, and filigree silver wires. |
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| Credit line | Bequest of Lord Curzon |
| Object history | Bequest of Lord Curzon, acquires in Sikkim. |
| Summary | This disk-shaped chatelaine ornament reveals a mixture of Indian and Tibetan influences in its craftsmanship and design, suggesting it was made and used somewhere in the western Himalayas at the interface of the two cultures. Though the use of turquoise and silver is a traditional Tibetan combination, the ring of garnets, the symmetrical filigree work and the beaded outer edge of this example are Indian in style. Other ornaments or objects such as keys hung from this disk, worn by women at their waist. |
| Bibliographic reference | John Clarke: Jewellery of Tibet and Himalayas, V&A Publications
ISBN 1 85177 4238, 2004, page 104, no.101. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.162-1927 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2004 |
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