Colin Purrington<p>Because garter belts are not terribly visible even when popular, here's a crop of Jean-François de Troy's "The Garter" (at The Met in NYC). They were often beautifully embroidered and looked a lot like snakes. Linnaeus use of 'sirtalis' ("like a garter" in Latin) was apt. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/GarterBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GarterBelt</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/garter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garter</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/stockings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stockings</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Linnaeus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linnaeus</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/LatinBinomial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinBinomial</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a></p>