Headdress
- Place of origin:
Austria (made)
- Date:
19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Silk brocade, silver lace, glazed cotton
- Museum number:
787-1904
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Headdress for a woman of silk brocade and silver lace, backed with cloth of silver strips, and a wide edging of pleated silk net. The silk edging is stiffened with wire. The brocade has a pattern of detached sprays of flowers and leaves, in colours, partly in chenille. Other flowers are embroidered in raised silver thread on a ground of white silk, and silver thread and strips. The scalloped silver lace has a pattern of two opposed rows of fan-shaped and diamond devices. The headdress is lined with glazed pink cotton. There is a large bow at the top.
Place of Origin
Austria (made)
Date
19th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Silk brocade, silver lace, glazed cotton
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 21 cm
Object history note
Purchased by the Museum in 1904 from Mr O. Moeller of West Kensington and Thuringen, along with several other items of Germanic headwear [RP 82058/1904]. On entry to the collection it was noted that it was soiled and slightly worn.
Descriptive line
embroidered, 1800s, Austrian
Materials
Silk; Silver; Cotton
Techniques
Glazing; Brocade
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Categories
Clothing; Hats & headwear; Women's clothes; Embroidery
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
