This woman was now a serviceable human being, mistress of her own destiny, and thus, by some combination of ideas, fit to be adorned with the dignity of silver chains and glowing brooches.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
At places the cliffs have broken away forming a natural quarry and here come the people from the little town above, and search for well-coloured fragments of serpentine to fashion into candlesticks, and brooches, and ash-trays to sell to tourists.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton
They had gold rings in their ears, and their low-cut dresses were clasped by barbaric brooches.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann