Bow brooch

anoniem, c. 1650 - c. 1675

The shape of this brooch is known from a design that the jeweller to the French king Louis XIV made in 1663. It is a bow-knot in gold, which is enamelled and set with precious stones. Double bows were worn by the wealthiest of women. Amalia of Solms, the Dutch Stadtholder Frederick Henry’s consort, sports a brooch of this type in several portraits.

  • Artwork typejewellery, brooch
  • Object numberBK-1961-3
  • Dimensionsheight 7.7 cm x width 9.8 cm x thickness 1.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, parels, en robijnen