Rosette Brooch
Unknown Artist
first half 6th century
Medium
Silver-gilt, beaded filigree, garnets with silver-gilt patterned
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 0.7 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
Frankish
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.191.201
Art Historical Context
This delicate **Rosette Brooch**, by an unknown Frankish in the first half of 6th century, the exquisite metalwork of early medieval Europe. Measuring just 1 1/4 x 1/4 inches (3.2 x 0.7 cm), this tiny silver-gilt jewel features a rosette design—likely a radiating floral motif—adorned with garnets set in intricate silver-gilt patterns. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Medieval department, it was a generous gift from J.pont Morgan in 191. The brooch showcases advanced Frankish techniques like beaded filigree, where fine silver wires are twisted and beaded into ornate patterns, and gar...