Hard to imagine that brooches are the most ancient kind of jewelry. The big story of the brooch begins with the first people. A primitive device made from improvised means (plants, teeth or bones) served the function of binding clothing. When primitive man first put on something more than a loincloth — he had the need to fasten the clothes.
The spines and spikes of the first plants to perform this function, then they were replaced by curved sharp bones and pieces of flint. The bronze age was marked by the use of metal — in the beginning there was the pins from the cap, then the prototypes of modern brooches with snaps.
By the X century the prototype of the modern steel brooches brooches and the agraffes. Brooch was used to fasten cloaks and capes and demonstrated social and financial situation of the owner.
The seventeenth century brings the story of the brooch hidden meaning. During this period at the court of the French king became fashionable to use a brooch in the intrigues of the Palace. Any lady higher light had a few brooches to use them as secret signs, reporting to a specific person with the right information.
The last "peak" of popularity of brooches came in the middle of the last century.
Special art to use in your way this decoration as a brooch. The modern woman, this accessory seems pretentious, so in our days it is very rare to meet such lovers of juicy jewelry. But some curiosity and admiration arises in us at the sight of this extraordinary jewelry. The magic of the brooch is that little decoration can refresh, charming, "blind", to enchant, to emphasize, to highlight, to add flavor)💞