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| Keywords: French - Chatelaine with Watch - Walters 5816.jpg Decorative chatelaines were worn by men and women as pendants and multifunctional devices for carrying utensils like watches signet seals and sewing accessories They were suspended from the waistband by means of the hook at the top and the flexible separate panels adjusted to the movements of the wearer The watch and chatelaine are decorated with elaborate scrollwork and garlands over beautifully striated agate The chatelaine is fitted with a watch key and a revolving rock crystal seal neither of which were likely made at the same time as the chatelaine and watch century 18 gold gilt metal agate rock crystal watc cm 17 6 ; chatelaine cm 12 7 l accession number 58 16 38933 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Inscribed frs frères Melly à Paris Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Chatelaines | ||||
