See also Heraldic Plaque Belt (Sabine du Bourbonnais) and 15th c. Plaque Belts. The Caherduggan Castle belt was thought to be an example of this style of belt, but it seems more likely to have been a peytrel, an element of a horse's harness.
Some of the companies making plaque belts or plaque belt fittings include Bractea, Lorifactor, Raymond's Quiet Press, and Revival Clothing.
WIDER PLAQUE BELTS
- Museum of London A17992, a strap-fitting with three leather straps, early 1000s
- V&A M.12PART-1981, silver-gilt engraved plaques from a girdle, c. 1300
- Plaque belts on 14th century effigies at St. David's
- Effigy of a knight at St. Peter's church, Dorchester
- Graf Günther von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (+1349) (detail)
- Count Johann II von Katzenelnbogen (+1357) (detail)
- Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (detail)
- Rudolf von Praunheim, called von Sachsenhausen (+1371) (detail)
- Louis (Lodewijk) van Lichtervelde, Heer van Koolskamp (+1375) (detail)
- Tomb effigy of Edward, the Black Prince
- Edward III gives a charter to the Black Prince, a collection of treaties (British Library Royal 20 D X, fol. 28), last quarter of the 14th century
- Weikhard Frosch (+1378) (detail)
- Sir John Marmion (+1387)
- The Black Prince receives the grant of Aquitaine from Edward III (British Library Cotton Nero D VI, fol. 31r), c. 1390
- Isabeau of Bavaria, c. 1390 (see also this image)
- Unknown Dallison knight, c. 1400
- Sir William Bagot, 1407
- Jean Baroncel de Florence (+1419) (detail)
- Jacob van Lichtervelde, Heer van Koolskamp, Ardooie en Assebroek (+1431) (front and side details)
- Book of hours, c. 1420
- Robert Gurshill (+1450)
- Altarpiece of the Virgin by Jacques Daret, 1433-1435
- Detail from the St. Columba Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1455
- Detail from the St. John Altarpiece by Hans Memling, 1474-1479
- Sir Thomas Markenfeld, d. 1497; see details of the belt
- Belt with gilt-brass plaques attached to a leather underbelt, Poland, 17th century
NARROWER BELTS WITH PLAQUES/MOUNTS
- Belt of Fernando de la Cerda, cloth of gold with silver-gilt mounts and enamel, sapphires, and pearls, c. 1270 (also here); see also Emblems and enigmas: Revisiting the 'sword' belt of Fernando de la Cerda
- Detail from a statue of the Virgin and Child from Lorraine, c. 1330-1340
- Cluny Cl.20673, silk belt covered with metallic plaques made in the Upper Rhine, c. 1340-1349
- Belts from the Colmar treasure, first half of the 15th century. See also:
Belt from the Colmar treasure, first half of the 14th century (also here, here, here, and here)
Belt from the Colmar treasure, silver-gilt mounts (alternating between women's heads and roses) on silk, first half of the 14th century
Belt in silk wth metallic plaques, including fleurs-de-lis and inscriptions (AMOR, LIEB, HAIL, ANCH)
- The belt of Sainte Foy (also here)
- Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick (detail)
- Jeanne of Bourbon
- Beatrice of Bourbon (detail)
- Belt of Friedrichs von Greifenstein, silver with gold plating, 1386
- Cleveland 1930.742, a belt for a lady's dress, Siena, c. 1375-1400
- Met 17.190.963, Girdle of basse taille enamel and silver-gilt plaques, mounted on a woven band, made in 14th century Italy (possibly Venice c. 1400)
- Belts from the 14th-15th centuries
- Coronation of Philippa of Hainault, Froissart's Chronicles (BNF Fr. 2675, fol. 27), second quarter of the 15th century
- Lady Joan Darcy, c. 1445
- Lady's belt, silk with silver and garnets, end of the 15th century
- St. Waudru's belt, brass with enamel and silver-gilt, 15th-16th century
- Cluny CL17696, part of a lady's belt made in Germany in the 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Belt made by Domenico de Sutrio, 1509
- Belt, Germany, 1520 (also here)
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