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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 258460, member: 23"]Here's the definition of a chatelaine. There would have been any number of things on the chain - keys, a small watch, thimble, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>A <b>chatelaine</b> is a decorative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_hook" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_hook" rel="nofollow">belt hook</a> or clasp worn at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist" rel="nofollow">waist</a> with a series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_chain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_chain" rel="nofollow">chains</a> suspended from it. Each chain is mounted with useful household appendages such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors" rel="nofollow">scissors</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimble" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimble" rel="nofollow">thimbles</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch" rel="nofollow">watches</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_(lock)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_(lock)" rel="nofollow">keys</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelling_salts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelling_salts" rel="nofollow">vinaigrette</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" rel="nofollow">household seals</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Chateleine bags refer to bags suspended from a waistband by cord or chain, which were popular from the 1860s to the end of the 19th century.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Chatelaines were worn by many housekeepers in the 19th century<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> and in the 16th century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" rel="nofollow">Dutch Republic</a>,[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="nofollow">citation needed</a></i>] where they were typically used as watch chains for the most wealthy. Similar jewelry was also worn by Anglo-Saxon women, as seen from the burial record, but their function is uncertain. The name chatelaine derives from the French term <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ch%C3%A2telaine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ch%C3%A2telaine" rel="nofollow">châtelaine</a></i> and was originally used disparagingly, as it referred to a device designed to have all the tools necessary for the woman of the household to sort out any problem she may encounter in her day, like a fraying curtain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient Roman women wore chatelaines with ear scoops, nail cleaners, and tweezers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> Women in Roman Britain wore 'chatelaine brooches' from which toilet sets were suspended.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 258460, member: 23"]Here's the definition of a chatelaine. There would have been any number of things on the chain - keys, a small watch, thimble, etc. A [B]chatelaine[/B] is a decorative [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_hook']belt hook[/URL] or clasp worn at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist']waist[/URL] with a series of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_chain']chains[/URL] suspended from it. Each chain is mounted with useful household appendages such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors']scissors[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimble']thimbles[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch']watches[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_(lock)']keys[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelling_salts']vinaigrette[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem)']household seals[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] Chateleine bags refer to bags suspended from a waistband by cord or chain, which were popular from the 1860s to the end of the 19th century.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] Chatelaines were worn by many housekeepers in the 19th century[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] and in the 16th century [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic']Dutch Republic[/URL],[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] where they were typically used as watch chains for the most wealthy. Similar jewelry was also worn by Anglo-Saxon women, as seen from the burial record, but their function is uncertain. The name chatelaine derives from the French term [I][URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ch%C3%A2telaine']châtelaine[/URL][/I] and was originally used disparagingly, as it referred to a device designed to have all the tools necessary for the woman of the household to sort out any problem she may encounter in her day, like a fraying curtain. Ancient Roman women wore chatelaines with ear scoops, nail cleaners, and tweezers.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] Women in Roman Britain wore 'chatelaine brooches' from which toilet sets were suspended.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain)#cite_note-5'][5][/URL][/QUOTE]
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