Sword Belt Parts
1615-1618 (made)
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Man’s sword girdle and hangers of leather, covered with green silk satin and lined with green silk velvet. The girdle comprised two pieces held together with a buckle and hook. It is embroidered with full and partially wrapped silver-gilt filé in a design of clover leaves. It has two metal buckles with rings, and a hook at each end for fastening. The hangers are embroidered with green silk, silver-gilt filé, and coils of silver strip over leather shapes in a design of oak leaves and clover leaves. There are 9 scabbard straps (1 missing), each held with a metal buckle. The hangers are attached at the top with a metal hook. Girdle and hangers are edged with a 5/16-inch (7 mm) fringe of green silk and another of uncut loops of green silk and silver-gilt filé.
Originally there would have been a matching strap connecting the hanger to the girdle; this has not survived.
Originally there would have been a matching strap connecting the hanger to the girdle; this has not survived.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Leather, silk, silver, gold; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Man's sword girdle and hangers, 1615-18, English; Green velvet, silver embroidery, worn by Sir Rowland Cotton |
| Physical description | Man’s sword girdle and hangers of leather, covered with green silk satin and lined with green silk velvet. The girdle comprised two pieces held together with a buckle and hook. It is embroidered with full and partially wrapped silver-gilt filé in a design of clover leaves. It has two metal buckles with rings, and a hook at each end for fastening. The hangers are embroidered with green silk, silver-gilt filé, and coils of silver strip over leather shapes in a design of oak leaves and clover leaves. There are 9 scabbard straps (1 missing), each held with a metal buckle. The hangers are attached at the top with a metal hook. Girdle and hangers are edged with a 5/16-inch (7 mm) fringe of green silk and another of uncut loops of green silk and silver-gilt filé. Originally there would have been a matching strap connecting the hanger to the girdle; this has not survived. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Spickernell |
| Bibliographic reference | Jenny Tiramani, ‘Sword girdle and hangers’, in 17th-Century Men’s Dress Patterns, 1600-1630, by Melanie Braun et al. Thames & Hudson and V&A Museum, 2016, pp.80-87 |
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| Accession number | T.35-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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