Curb chain

Japanese: curb chain(英語表記)curbchain
Curb chain

...From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, extremely elaborate braided chainwork (trichinopoly) was made, and ornamental chains were considered wealth equivalent to cash, with the entire gold chain or some of its links being used for payments or gifts. Curb chains, which are wider and flatter than those used today, can also be seen in portraits of Henry VIII. Chains of this time were not used as part of jewelry to hold pendants, but as independent ornaments that hung long from the neck to the chest. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "curb chain" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中世からルネサンス期にかけては,非常に精巧な組紐式の鎖細工trichinopolyがつくられるようになり,装身用の鎖は現金にひとしい財産とみなされ,金鎖の全体,もしくはいくつかの環は支払や贈物にあてられた。また,くつわ鎖curb chain式で,今日のものより幅広で平らな金鎖は,ヘンリー8世の肖像画にも見られる。このころの鎖はペンダントをさげる装身具の部分としてではなく,首から胸に長く垂下して,独立した装飾品として用いられたものである。…

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