Two-colour belt
Object number: ROMGH.2011.16.1.32
Type: Belt
Technique: Engraved, Painted
Material: Leather, Metal
Width: 92.7cm | Height: 3.7cm
Production date: 1920 - 1968
This belt, with its aluminium openwork buckle, has a refined design of two coloured interlace along its length. This is an unusual pattern. Each single strand is painted in two colours side by side. When two colours are normally suggested by Bain the design would be formed as two-strand interlace.
The dark-brown leather pieces, with yellow and green interlace, are stitched together. The buckle is engraved with a simple knotwork design highlighted in green and orange-yellow. These colours draw the eye to the simple figure-of-eight twist of knotwork.
Author: Diana Cobden
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