Art Price Index: Chatelaines, Keys to Success

Published on 06 November 2020, by Anne Doridou-Heim

A chatelaine is a handy object made of finely worked gold wire, relying on its beauty to appeal.

€27,280Alphonse Fouquet, Paris, 19th century, gold and silver chatelaine decorated... Art Price Index: Chatelaines, Keys to Success

€27,280
Alphonse Fouquet, Paris, 19^th century, gold and silver chatelaine decorated with two enameled miniatures bordered with rose-cut diamonds, holding a pocket watch, gross weight 92.2 g (3.25 oz).
Paris, Drouot, December 1, 2014. Millon auction house. Ms. Bauer-Petiet.

A chatelaine is an accessory worn at the waist, hanging from the belt. It became popular during the 18 th century, but appeared much earlier, in the 14 th -century. Its ancestors were the clavandier and the troussoir, large key rings. Fashionable women were crazy for the chatelaine and it soon became a highly aesthetic, refined piece of jewelry based on an unchanging…

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