Belt with Profiles of Half-Length Figures, ca. 1350–1400, Italian, Basse taille enamel, silver-gilt, mounted on textile belt, 69 x 1 x 11/16 in. (175.3 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm), Enamels-Basse taille, Extravagant girdles used to cinch the fall of clothing at the waist were often part of betrothal gifts, dowries, and counter-dowries (given by the groom). One of the stories of Boccaccio's Decameron (1349–52) included girdles, along with rings, as gifts for a new bride
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Belt, Profiles, Half-Length Figures, ca, 1350–1400, Italian, Basse taille enamel, silver-gilt, mounted, textile belt, 69 x 1 11/16, 175.3 2.5 1.7 cm, Enamels-Basse taille, Extravagant girdles, cinch, fall, clothing, waist, part, betrothal gifts, dowries, counter-dowries, given, groom, stories, Boccaccio, Decameron, 1349–52, included, rings, gifts, new bride
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