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Silk

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Woven or embroidered silk. Used for formal headdress components and textile ornaments, where the frame was structural and the silk carried the surface colour.

Objects in this material

Headdress, qing dynasty.

Guan (cap or crown)

Woman's Headdress

Qing DynastySilk satin over a metal frame

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Headdress, qing dynasty, 25.4 cm high.

Guan (cap or crown)

Buddhist headdress

Qing DynastySilk embroidery on silk gauze

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Headdress, qing dynasty.

Guan (cap or crown)

Buddhist headdress

Qing DynastySilk and metal thread embroidery on silk satin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art