brooch
A brooch (from French broche 'Vorstecknadel', from Gallo-Roman brocca 'tip', German since the 19th century) is a breast ornament that was already in Germany in the 15th or 16th century as a Fürspann and antiquity as a fibula . You attach the pin to your clothing , whereby the fastener usually works like a safety pin .
background
The history of the brooch goes back to the Bronze Age. In ancient Greece, the Romans and Byzantium, the brooch had a double function: it was used both as a garment clasp and as a piece of jewelry. The multicolored enameled, disc-shaped brooches that were made in Byzantium were crucial for the further development of the piece of jewelry. When the invention of buttons in the 14th century gave rise to a new way of fastening clothing, the brooch was transformed into a purely decorative object. In the 17th century, brooches with decorative elements in the form of bows and flowers became fashionable. In addition, the Sévigné brooches named after Mme de Sévigné. A new trend emerged in the 18th century: brooches set with diamonds and pearls with miniature portraits enjoyed great popularity. There are also brooches that can be pulled onto a ribbon or chain to wear as a necklace (e.g. Gadderke , Schuwe ).
literature
- Seemanns Lexikon der Kunst, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-86502-084-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Sachs-Villatte Encyclopedic Dictionary , Volume I, French-German, Langenscheidtsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1909
- ^ Friedrich Kluge: Etymological Dictionary , de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1995, ISBN 3-11-012922-1
- ↑ The story of the brooch .