Title: Antique Victorian Sweater Silver Bib Guard Cardigan Clips & Chain
Shipping: $19.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 19th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1880 to 1920
Item ID: 5808
Use this great looking old vintage victorian style sweater clip to hold your sweater in place or try it as decorative trim on a hat. Sweater guards (also called sweater clips or cardigan clips) Wouldn't this make a great baby shower gift? These clips or holders are used to hold a bib or napkin around a baby's neck before all bibs had neck ties. I have also seen them used to hold a sweater around an adult's shoulders too. Beautifully made vintage sterling bib or sweater clips and Chain. Sweater clips are enjoying a revival and these are an adorable little pair. They would also be ideal as a baptismal or baby shower gift as bib clips. These kind of clips are hard to find. So they are a special treat. The pair clips have been lightly hand polished to reveal the excellent condition of the sterling and their artistic detail. Pure vintage charm! The Sweater Guard has a antique patina
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_accessory
A fashion accessory is an item which is used to contribute, in a secondary manner, to the wearer's outfit. The term came into use in the 19th century. Accessories are often used to complete an outfit and are chosen to specifically complement the wearer's look.
One of the most favored forms of semiotic distinction is fashion, because fashionable clothes, accessories, and body adornment are easy for others to observe at glance. Incidental items, particularly branded specific handbags, footwear, jewelry, accessories, and new hairstyles act also as important status symbols. Certain items of clothing, such as hats, were particularly important, sending instant signals of ascribed or aspired social status. As communications improved, styles also spread to members of the elite classes in other parts of the world.
