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  • Stomacher brooch
    In 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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