GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: THE CHATELAINE!

Everything Croton continues its very popular series GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN....and so without further ah-doo...

EVERY WOMAN NEEDS A CHATELAINE! (CLICK ON THE PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MET. MUSUEUM OF ART)

And check out what they were all about Courtesy of Messy Nessy...Curiosity du Jour: Inside Out Handbags of Yore

Empty a woman’s handbag inside out and you’ve got the right idea about the chatelaine. Before purses were a woman’s primary accessory, this curious contraption that fell into the annals of fashion obscurity over time, once commonly served to carry her daily armour. Designed very much like a tool belt worn at the waist, the chatelaine held an array of both useful household appendages and fanciful items on a series of chains, reflecting a woman’s hobbies and activities of the day.  

READ MORE AT https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/01/13/curiosity-of-the-week-inside-out-handbags-of-yore/

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, THE JAZZITHA! CLICK HERE.

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