#FSEmpresses: 策展人剪輯 – Fun with Hats

Get the scoop on this beautiful Qing Dynasty-era headdress direct from co-curators Jan Stuart and Daisy Yiyou Wang! Learn why it’s so special, on what occasions it was worn, 和更多.

Festive headdress with phoenixes and peonies
中國, Qing dynasty, probably second half of 19th century
Metal with gilding, kingfisher feather, jadeite, tourmaline, coral, pearls, and glass; frame: metal wires with silk floss and satin
H x W x D: 15.2 × 29.2 × 27.9 厘米 (6 × 11 1/2 × 11 在)
Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 普羅維登斯, gift of Mrs. 約翰 D. Rockefeller,
Jr., 1937, 37.125A-D