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A Gorgeous Tablet-Woven Belt.

If you need some eyecandy on this Monday evening, you could go to the site of the Met Museum and take a look at this Italian belt from the second half of the 14th century - with lots and lots of beautiful metal ornaments. Lots and lots and lots; so many, in fact, that the beautiful tablet-weave is almost completely hidden.

Fortunately, though, the makers of the Met's digital catalogue also took a photo of the back of the band, at least of one part, and there you can see the weave.

Stunning, isn't it?

 
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Kareina (website) on Sunday, 27 June 2021 11:18

It is stunning. The description points out that the belt would have been pulled through the buckle, the photo of the buckel clearly shows a prong that should go through a hole in the belt, but I didn't see any corresponding holes in the belt in any of their photos, and wonder where it is, and what form it takes--did they just shove that prong through the weaving randomly, is there a re-inforced hole somewhere, or...?

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It is stunning. The description points out that the belt would have been pulled through the buckle, the photo of the buckel clearly shows a prong that should go through a hole in the belt, but I didn't see any corresponding holes in the belt in any of their photos, and wonder where it is, and what form it takes--did they just shove that prong through the weaving randomly, is there a re-inforced hole somewhere, or...?
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Katrin on Monday, 28 June 2021 16:25

That is an excellent question. I don't think that it would be possible to push the thorn through the weave; it's densely woven, and the thorn is thick, and then there's a lot of metal all around... I think it would be more probable the belt would just be pinched in between the lower part of the buckle and the thorn. With the many metal plaques, that should hold securely. I've done similar things with normal leather belts when I had no holes at the place I wanted, and it worked quite well.

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That is an excellent question. I don't think that it would be possible to push the thorn through the weave; it's densely woven, and the thorn is thick, and then there's a lot of metal all around... I think it would be more probable the belt would just be pinched in between the lower part of the buckle and the thorn. With the many metal plaques, that should hold securely. I've done similar things with normal leather belts when I had no holes at the place I wanted, and it worked quite well.
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