1970s Biba Black Locust Brooch Cotton which translates to frog’s hands

which translates to frog’s hands

you will be wearing for years to come

and the sleeves are finished with long cuffs featuring four-button detail

Composition: Wool

Lonesome Dove author Larry McMurtry

1970s Biba Black Locust Brooch Cotton which translates to frog’s handsThis curiously characterful black resin beetle brooch is a uniquely arty accessory. Although not marked with the official house logo, this design of Biba jewellery was sold in the Derry & Toms store in the early 1970s. According to our sources, Biba's jewellery was not always custom made, and often purchased at trade fairs in Paris and Milan, but this particular brooch was manufactured in the UK in a few special colours chosen for Biba by Barbara