ON WATCH POCKETS, FITTED BOXES AND CHATELAINES with Dr Genevieve Cummins

Complete chatelaines and fully fitted boxes with original or compatible contents have fascinated this speaker for decades. Following research on watch chatelaines, a further study has been undertaken on the manner of wearing watches. One interesting feature here has been the watch pocket – as part of an outfit, as an item to be worn, or for use at night. All these ideas will be covered in this talk.

Genevieve Cummins, a Sydney based Paediatric Surgeon, is the co-author with Nerylla Taunton, of Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance (1994), and the author of Antique Boxes – Inside and Out (2005), and How the Watch was Worn: A Fashion for 500 Years (2010).