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Object NameBeaded Headband

Made FromGlass beads, Leather, Twill

Date1800-1899

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBeaded embroidery

Size(Frame) H: 22.8 cm, W: 55.7 cm; (Piece) L: 38.5 cm, W: 8.7

Accession Number95.6.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

19th Century Beaded Work From China

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The outside cotton surface of this ornament for the head is densely embroidered with multi-colored opaque and translucent seed beads. A band of hexagonal shapes outlines the edge of the headband; the center has a blue ground and is decorated with a symmetrical pattern of tendrils, buds, and blossoms, followed in the corner by a butterfly.

Physical DescriptionBeaded Headband. Multi-colored glass beads, leather, twill; beaded embroidery. Beaded headband constructed of two symmetrical, tear-shaped flaps; they are lined with a stiff material (possibly leather), covered by tan cotton on top and gray twill on the underside; cream-colored floral piping finishes the edges. The outside cotton surface is densely embroidered with multi-colored opaque and translucent seed beads. A band of hexagonal shapes outlines the edge of the headband; the center has a blue ground and is decorated with a symmetrical pattern of tendrils, buds, and blossoms, followed in the corner by a butterfly.
Provenance

Source Oriental Art & Antiques - 1994-12-13