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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 244022, member: 2844&quot;]They were part of village costumes. Townspeople would generally wear the fashion of the time.</p><p>In The Netherlands nobility wasn&#039;t all that important, some regions were even ruled by a council of family representatives, that custom still exists for some matters.</p><p>We were also the first modern republic, after we gained independence from Spain in the 16th century. After the French occupation under Napoleon, the other European countries imposed royalty on us, because they thought a republic on their borders could only mean problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a choir of fishermen&#039;s wives from the village of Scheveningen. The elderly women still wear traditional dress, including jewellery, daily. Note the matching gold-rimmed glasses<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />. The younger ones only wear it when they have to perform with the choir, or on special occasions.</p><p>Most of these necklaces are garnets and gold, garnets were often worn to show a late stage of mourning. There were various stages of mourning, extending over years, with various restrictions to the colours they could wear.</p><p>I love the pastel colours of their shawls, inspired by the sea.</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allesoverscheveningen.nl%2Fverhalen%2Fpspaans%2F35-750.jpg&amp;sp=8c1ab3c0976b1c6c01b0cad1a6435c60" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This is what the gold filigree ends of their &#039;oorijzers&#039; with gold pins look like:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRm-kC_BlYT9SBwDZ3R8mB00eRI4_4cWbo-d719LUhRRccrC8BCTQ&amp;sp=990d1139520d852c17a97d4154bec757&amp;anticache=753792" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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