brooch
Sign in to savethumb|Wing Brooch, 2nd century AD, Metropolitan Museum of Art A brooch (, ) is a decorative jewellery item designed to be attached to garments, often to fasten them together. It is usually made of metal, often silver or gold or some other material. Brooches are frequently decorated with enamel or with gemstones and may be solely for ornament or serve a practical function as a clothes fastener. The earliest known brooches are from the Bronze Age. As fashions in brooches changed rather quickly, they are important chronological indicators. In archaeology, ancient European brooches are usually re
Article
20 sectionsContents
- Ancient brooches
- Medieval brooches
- Migration period
- Anglo-Saxon
- Celtic
- Scandinavian
- Late medieval
- Early modern brooches
- Renaissance
- Georgian
- Neoclassical
- Late modern brooches
- Victorian
- Art Nouveau
- Edwardian
- Art Deco
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Wing Brooch, 2nd century AD, Metropolitan Museum of Art A brooch (, ) is a decorative jewellery item designed to be attached to garments, often to fasten them together. It is usually made of metal, often silver or gold or some other material. Brooches are frequently decorated with enamel or with gemstones and may be solely for ornament or serve a practical function as a clothes fastener. The earliest known brooches are from the Bronze Age. As fashions in brooches changed rather quickly, they are important chronological indicators. In archaeology, ancient European brooches are usually referred to by the Latin term fibula. One example is the Tara Brooch.
==Ancient brooches==