Details
A festive headdress of coloured silks,
with shaped panels embroidered with birds to form the crown, with a shaped crest of brown satin with dragons and cutout figure roundels, with ends upturned and trimmed with pairs of tassels, on a headband of black satin with woven ribbon, late 19th century
See Colour Plate 13
with shaped panels embroidered with birds to form the crown, with a shaped crest of brown satin with dragons and cutout figure roundels, with ends upturned and trimmed with pairs of tassels, on a headband of black satin with woven ribbon, late 19th century
See Colour Plate 13
Literature
For a similar type of construction compare Chinese Dress Accessories by Valery M. Garrett, plate 17, page 58