No reserve price - Chain Silver - antique silver chain
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Antique silver chain from France in Victorian style, dating to 1850–1900, featuring a floral japoniste-style chatelaine brooch atop a long Neo-Gothic chain, total weight 114 g, length 88.5 cm, in excellent condition and without a laboratory report.
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A silver chain used to hold up the skirt, also known as a saute-ruisseau, composed of a chatelaine-style brooch at the top with Japanese-style floral decoration and a large Gothic-style chain, formed by three parts joined by rings. It belonged to the ancient branch of the Deval family, an old French bourgeois family from Angoulême, lords of Touvre and La Lèche (Touvre), with a branch established in Aurillac, Auvergne.
A “saute-ruisseau” is a brooch on a long chain that women wore at the waist of the skirt or dress, which allowed them to lift the skirt and the underskirt to avoid damage or soilage when crossing the street. In addition to keeping the skirts clean, ladies also wore it when riding horseback, climbing stairs, dancing, or practicing the fashion sport: cycling. In French, it can also be poetically called “Suivez-moi jeune homme” (Follow me, young man), since lifting the skirt could be a risky invitation in those times... But this name, “Suivez-moi jeune homme,” is actually used for long hat ribbons.
MATERIAL
Silver
ORIGIN
France, around 1870
DIMENSIONS
Width: 2.5 cm
Length: 88.5 cm
A silver chain used to hold up the skirt, also known as a saute-ruisseau, composed of a chatelaine-style brooch at the top with Japanese-style floral decoration and a large Gothic-style chain, formed by three parts joined by rings. It belonged to the ancient branch of the Deval family, an old French bourgeois family from Angoulême, lords of Touvre and La Lèche (Touvre), with a branch established in Aurillac, Auvergne.
A “saute-ruisseau” is a brooch on a long chain that women wore at the waist of the skirt or dress, which allowed them to lift the skirt and the underskirt to avoid damage or soilage when crossing the street. In addition to keeping the skirts clean, ladies also wore it when riding horseback, climbing stairs, dancing, or practicing the fashion sport: cycling. In French, it can also be poetically called “Suivez-moi jeune homme” (Follow me, young man), since lifting the skirt could be a risky invitation in those times... But this name, “Suivez-moi jeune homme,” is actually used for long hat ribbons.
MATERIAL
Silver
ORIGIN
France, around 1870
DIMENSIONS
Width: 2.5 cm
Length: 88.5 cm
Details
Era
1400-1900
Laboratory report
No laboratory report
Style
Victorian
Estimated period
1850-1900
Metal
Silver
Brand jewellery
No
Total weight
114 g
Condition
Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear
Gender
Women
Country of origin
France
Title additional information
antique silver chain
Length
88.5 cm
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