Hair Pin
1865-1870 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Spanish women paid great attention to styling their hair.
Throughout Spain they coiled their hair into a chignon at the back of the head, which was usually held in place by double-pronged hair pins with decorative filigree heads. This hair pin is an example of one of these. The construction of the filigree heads on these hair pins is often the same as that of the buttons which fastened their clothes, and the beads on their rosaries.
Throughout Spain they coiled their hair into a chignon at the back of the head, which was usually held in place by double-pronged hair pins with decorative filigree heads. This hair pin is an example of one of these. The construction of the filigree heads on these hair pins is often the same as that of the buttons which fastened their clothes, and the beads on their rosaries.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver filigree |
| Brief description | Silver hair pin with filigree head and double prongs, Spain, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Hair pin with two prongs, pinched together just below the head, and then opening out again. The head is an open filigree sphere, like a button, decorated on the top with granules. |
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| Summary | Spanish women paid great attention to styling their hair. Throughout Spain they coiled their hair into a chignon at the back of the head, which was usually held in place by double-pronged hair pins with decorative filigree heads. This hair pin is an example of one of these. The construction of the filigree heads on these hair pins is often the same as that of the buttons which fastened their clothes, and the beads on their rosaries. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1195A-1871 |
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| Record created | January 25, 2008 |
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