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Rosette Brooch

last quarter 6th century
Not on view
Garnets, worked in the cloisonné technique, featured prominently in the luxury jewelry of the Franks. Jewelers would solder small compartments arranged in geometric patterns onto the surface of a metal disk. In those cells, or cloisons, they would place a textured piece of gold foil, which would show through the thin translucent garnet that would then be set on top.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rosette Brooch
  • Date: last quarter 6th century
  • Culture: Frankish
  • Medium: Silver-gilt, garnets with patterned foil backings
  • Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/16 x 3/16 in. (3 x 0.5 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.191.142
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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