Trembling needle

A trembling needle - also called en-tremblant - is a needle that bears an artificial ornament on a cylindrical, screw - or spiral-like wound wire and is attached to the jewelry. That ornament moves with the slightest movement of the person putting it on, hence the name. Nowadays the term trembling needle is hardly known. The term belongs to the epoch of Sturm und Drang , where a trembling needle was a respected ornament of the middle class.

literature

Trembling needle . In: JG Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia (1773-1858).
Trembling needle. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 31 : Z-Zmasche - (XV). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1956 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).

Individual evidence

↑ En-tremblant - borrowed from French , for "trembling joint", see also: En-tremblant . In: Peter W. Hartmann : Großes Kunstlexikon ; the first (still bound) edition was published in 1996, ISBN 3-9500612-0-7 (among other things with "Depending on the type, such pieces of jewelry are also called trembling needles or trembling brooches.")

[Kunstlexikon-1] En-tremblant - borrowed from French , for "trembling joint", see also: En-tremblant . In: Peter W. Hartmann : Großes Kunstlexikon ; the first (still bound) edition was published in 1996, ISBN 3-9500612-0-7 (among other things with "Depending on the type, such pieces of jewelry are also called trembling needles or trembling brooches.")