Aigrette An aigrette is a hair ornament designed to hold or depict feathers and is usually jewel encrusted and sometimes mounted en tremblant. The name comes from the egret – the feathers of this particular bird were often used as adornments in hair and on hats....
A Painting Depicting a Lady Wearing a Dress Covered in Aiguilettes. Aiguillette Aiguilettes (also spelled: aguillette, aiglet or aglets) are needle like dress ornaments intended to secure a cord or ribbon to a dress. During the first half of the 15th century these...
Art Nouveau Medal Jewels An interesting subset of the Art Nouveau jewelry movement was the design and production of medal jewels. Scrambling to recoup the losses incurred when cameos and intaglios became passé, jewelers began to imitate ancient Greek and Roman medals...
Ave The Ave are the ten small beads on a Roman Catholic rosary. Grouped together to form a decade of beads, each representing the recitation of a Hail Mary. The Ave are the Ten Beads Situated Between the Larger Beads on a Roman Catholic...
Billiment A biliment or habilliment (sometimes spelled bilament) was an ornamental band that formed the border on a Medieval head-dress. Usually, this was jeweled and was worn on the front near the forehead....
