Wool, black; metal cones; moosehair, red; porcupine quill, cream/white, black, orange; edging, commercial twine; white seed beads, brown cotton thread, possibly repairs.

These garters are made with a twining technique, with white seed beeds strung on the threads to create a geometric pattern.

Very high level of virtuosity.

Stylistic of this era.

This work came originally from the collection of the Bibliothèque Municipale de Versailles, which includes the collection of Charles Phillipe Fayolle, begun in the 1750s. He collected up to the time of the French Revolution and continued to collect until his death in 1804. His collection became part of the Bibliothèque Municipale de Versailles at the time of the French Revolution, 1792. Material continued to be added to this collection in the nineteenth century. The collection was moved to the Musée de l’Homme (Amérique) and from there to the Musée du quai Branly. Three inventories were done of the Fayolle collection, one in 1792 when it was seized at the time of the Revolution, one in 1806 just before the collection went to the Bibliothèque municipale de Versailles, and a third in 1869 just before the collection went into the Musée d'ethnographie du Trocadéro. These inventories can be helpful in dating some of the works from this collection. Some of the works in this collection can thus be dated to before 1792, while others were collected in the nineteenth century.A.deS.

Unknown artist, garters. Currently in the Musée du quai Branly, 71.1934.33.60.1-2. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 1435.

This record was created by Anne de Stecher during an RAship for Prof. Ruth Phillips.

This record will be open access on the completion of Anne de Stecher's dissertation, 2011.