Red Beetle Brooch loafers slip on Banded around sleeves and waist

Banded around sleeves and waist

Some scratches to the backs of the link's faces

Waist- 34-40” relaxed vs stretched

Mint Condition/ never used (still has tag on it)

dried flat - fluffed in no heat dryer

Red Beetle Brooch loafers slip on Banded around sleeves and waistThis brooch is in the Damascene style. It measures 1. 5 by . 5 inches. The safety clasp pin on back measure 1 inches. This Arabesque style has black enamel and a rusty red glass abdomen. The beetle even has the detail of antennae and six legs! Damascening is the art of inlaying different metals into one another typically, gold or silver into a darkly oxidized steel background to produce intricate patterns similar to niello. The English term comes from