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Today's interesting old object of the day, "chatelaine"

> A chatelaine is a decorative belt hook or clasp worn at the waist with a series of chains suspended from it. Each chain is mounted with useful household appendages such as scissors, thimbles, watches, keys, smelling salts, and household seals.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelai…

I guess you can consider it to be "ye olde carabiner" XD

a simple white dress on a mannequin. it contrasts a large and ornate chatelaine that has a crown center piece hanging down to a mini bucket, purse, and other charms
a chatelaine with a somewhat "skull" like appearance, from which hangs a small matryoshka, scissors, and other charms like a cross
another colorful and ornate floral chatelaine with a key, pocket knife, hook, and other charms that may be compacts?
a leafy chatelaine that contains scissors, and pill canisters

decorative belt hook

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InarticulateQuilter
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this needs to make a comeback β€” having my scissors always that close? Yes, please!
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Naomi P @InarticulateQuilter I've made oneΒΉ, and it's both pretty convenient and somewhat a hassle to deal with, depending on the day, the phase of the moon and the alignment of the stars (and what one is doing, I guess).

But the effort and price were low enough that I'd do it again.

ΒΉ more like two, with interchangeable pieces, but one was for a costume and it had pretty useless objects such as fake punched cards for the Analytical Engine

@Naomi P @InarticulateQuilter
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@InarticulateQuilter @Naomi P

I couldn't easily find a picture of the chatelaine, but I've found a picture of myself wearing the useless costumey version

a woman wearing an apron and sleeve protectors; a brass brooch is attached to the apron belt and has 5 brass-coloured chains of different lengths with, at the end: a tiny bottle, a jagermonster insegna charm, a brass leaf-shaped bookmark, a pencil, and a couple pieces of tea-stained cardboard with holes in them

The useful version can have a scissor case made from a scrap of leather, a leather thimble, a couple of brass minibottles/tubes as needle holders, a needle book with felt pages and a leather cover (that matches the scissor case).

And I've found another picture of the brooches (and matching pendants) I've made for them (they are cheap brooch / pendant bases where I've added a slice of cernit and heat-transfered a print on it while it was being baked)

four round costume jewelry pieces with a border of brass shapes with 12 or 16 holes (where a chain can be attached) and a white, somewhat shiny area in the middle with an antiqued looking simplified version of the Ada Lovelace watercolour portrait

The picture I've used, in case anybody wants to make something like this, is based on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ada… and this is the version where I've removed the frame openclipart.org/detail/309233/…

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SewBlue
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I love that there is a tea kettle and a tea pot in there.

And corkscrew. The lady is prepared. πŸ˜€

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