#FSEmpresses: Curator’s Cut – 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
中国, 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 大卫丹尼尔斯谈咏叹调)
Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 普罗维登斯, gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., 1937, 37.125A-D