MADAM – On reading ATG’s London Summer Capital of Art (ATG No 2294) I was amazed that your writer didn’t seem to know the difference between a bracelet and a bangle. The one pictured (right) is a bangle, in that it is a solid hinged object, though bangles can also be plain solid bands.
The term derives from Hindi, so I am informed, while a bracelet is a flexible object whose name is derived from the Old French word ‘bracel’.