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To illustrate Mr. Blahnik’s inspirations, he dressed up Ms. Birley and the Chanel creative consultant Amanda Harlech as Victorian chatelaines and captured them strolling across the fields of a British estate.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2017

The chatelaines worn by the ladies of olden time were bulky, and the various objects deemed necessary to carry about the person rendered them cumbersome in the extreme.

From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)

She jingled with chains and watches and lockets and chatelaines, carried more rings than a cane rack, and walked with the air of the heroine of the society drama at the opera house.

From In Our Town by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

The outer door had slammed, and Flossie Forsythe entered with the usual harmonious accompaniment of the rattling chatelaines.

From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie

The worthy old ladies were wont to carry a silver grater and Nutmeg case suspended from the waist on their chatelaines.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas