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stomacher brooch

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jewelry
17th century
…form spread throughout Europe: the stomacher brooch, which covered a woman’s entire bodice, from neckline to waist. With its heavily bejeweled composition of scrolls, leaves, and pendants on a gold framework that followed the curves of the body, even extending under the armpits, this jewel usually contained no fewer than…
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…form spread throughout Europe: the stomacher brooch, which covered a woman’s entire bodice, from neckline to waist. With its heavily bejeweled composition of scrolls, leaves, and pendants on a gold framework that followed the curves of the body, even extending under the armpits, this jewel usually contained no fewer than…
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