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Textile Treasures

Vintage Chinese Children's Hats

 

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Miao toddler in Shidong, Guizhou wearing Miao Tiger Hat at Chinese New Year 2005.......Vintage Han Chinese Tiger Hat

 

Chinese Children's Hats are from are found in two distinct large groupings both which are represented in this collection of fine handmade hats. The most predominate are the vintage Han Chinese Children's hats from four northern provinces of China including Shanxi, Shaanxi (Xian), Hebei, and Shandong. Most of these hats in the collection date from early 20th century to 1950. The hats were not found in the warmer climates of southern and central china, but the second group is found among the Miao, Dong, and Yi Minority people in the colder mountainous areas of SW China. Minority children are still wearing their protective hats today.

No matter the origin the purposes of the lovingly created hats are the same: to provide protection from evil spirits, demons, and ghosts but also to imbue the wearing with important qualities such as wealth, health, courage, academic success, happiness, long life, grace,and beauty. All of the hats are full of symbolism. An excellent source of information is Stories of Chinese Children's Hats, Symbolism and Folklore by Phylis Lan Lin & Christi Lan Lin.

Yi Minority Parrot Hat

 

#145 Yi Minority Girl's silk embroidered parrot hat, Yunnan Province; good condition; c 1970s; $100

Antique Chinese Children's Orange Top Tiger Hat

# 217 Silk Black and Orange Tiger Hat; c 1935; $110

Black and Orange Silk Chinese Children's Tiger Hat

#217 Side view

Chinese Children's Scholars Hat

#221 Excellent silk embroidered and appliqued Kuan or Scholar's Hat given to children to help them pass exams in the future; Great condition; Shanxi Province, c1930's; $290

#86 Phoenix Silk Embroidered Children's Hat

#86 Silk Embroidered Chinese Girl's Hat; Shanxi Province; Phoenix represents 5 cardinal virtues; some wear on edges and silk lining; c1940; $90

Phoenix Silk Embroidered Chinese Children's hat back

#86 Back

Vintage Chinese Children's Pig Hat

#123 Han Children's Pig Hat representing virility and good luck on exams; , Silk embroidery and ribbons; Shanxi Province; a little wear on silk lining; c 1940; $80

Chinese Children's Dragon Hat Shanxi

 

 

# 172 Chinese Children's Dragon Hat; Silk applique and embroidery on silk, couched gold threads, folded silver paper eyebrows and nose; great condition; Shanxi Province, c 1950; $220

Chinese Children's Dragon Hat side

#172 Shanxi Province Dragon Hat side view

Chinese Children's Colorful Silk Tiger Hat

#230 Colorful Dragon of silk applique with fancy tongue and good luck coin; printed cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1940; $130

Colorful Dragon Chinese Children's Hat

#230.1 side

Appliqued Phoenix with couched silver thread and paper

 

#230.2 Phoenix appliqued with couched silver threads and silver paper

Chinese Children's Orange Wind Tiger Hat with flowers

#228 Orange Silk Tiger Wind Hat with light bulbs eyes, fancy flower top and silk embroidered butterfly (for happiness) on nose; Shanxi Province, c1940; Great condition

Chinese Children's Orange Wind Tiger Hat 228

#228.1 Orange Tiger side view with Double Happiness Ribbon Borders

Chinese Girl's Antique Lotus Hat 223

#223 Unusual Silk Chinese Girl's Lotus Hat representing purity; Gold paper couching and silk embroidery; c1930 ; $200

Hebei Chinese Girl's Lotus Hat

#232.1 Silk Flowers and Tassels in side view

Chinese Children's Silk Elephant Hat with Lotus

#224 Purple Silk Elephant Hat with Lotus Top; Great condition; c 1930; $140

Chinese Children's Elephant Hat with Lotus side view

#224.1 Thunder Pattern for longevity Silk Border tape

Chinese Girl's Hat Blue Silk

#111 Blue Silk Chinese Girl's Hat with exceptionally fine embroidery with a variety of techniques; butterfly on top; 2nd quarter of 20th century; $80

Miao Children's Hat Liping Guizhou

 

#83 Miao silk embroidered hat of velvet; applique with silver thread couching, Gundong, Liping Co. Guizhou Province; C 1970; $80

#81 Miao silk embroidery and applique; border of needle woven silk with silver strips; top view

Orange Tiger Chinese Children's Silk Hat

 

#209 Extremely fine Majestic Orange Tiger Hat; Da tong, Shanxi Province; early 20th century; $350

Orange Tiger Chinese Children's Silk Hat side

#209.1 Silk embroidered tiger stripes

Orange Tiger Chinese Children's Silk Hat back

#209.2 Silver couched flowers and silk embroidery on gold paper

     
Yi Minority Girl's Phoenix Hat Yunnan

 

#208 Zhaung Minority Girl's Phoenix Hat from Yunnan Province; silk applique and embroidery on satin; c 1950-1960; $200

Zhuang girls Phoenix Hat Yunnan

#208.1 Phoenix Tail

Twin Dragon Antique Chinese Children's Hat

#219 Twin Dragons Silk Wind Hat;
Appliqued and painted with tassels and pink silk trim; Hebei Province; c1930; $260

Twin Dragon Silk Chinese Children's Wind Hat Hebei

#219 Hebei Twin Dragons, side view; some soiling on pink silk trim

Golden Silk Tiger Chinese Childdren's Hat

 

#226 Gold Silk Tiger Wind Hat with colorful nose; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $125

Gold Silk Tiger Hat Shanxi Province side

#226.1 Gold Tiger Side View with well preserved thunder patterned silk ribbon

Fine Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat

#212 Elegant Double Tiger Silk Hat with elaborate silk embroidery; Pinyao, Shanxi Province; Excellent condition; early 20th century; $290

Double Tiger Elegant Chinese Children's Hat

#212.1 Finely silk embroidered animals with flowers in a vase

Double Tiger Chinese Children's Silk Hat Fancy Back

#212.2 Elaborate back with official and his wife embroidered in satin stitching

Small Chinese Tiger Hat Bells

 

 

#94 Small Han Chinese Child's Tiger Hat with Bells; Some lose threads; c 1930; $80

 

Orange Tiger Wind Hat

#190 Chinese Children's Orange Tiger Wind Hat; Silk with ink drawings, nose of colorful silk wrapped wire; cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1940; $140

Orange Chinese Children's  Tiger Wind Hat side

#190 Ink drawings on side and back

Han Chinese Frog Hat

 

 

#79 Han Frog Hat symbolizing longevity; silk applique with appliqued fish on back and silk embroidered butterflies on the side; red silk threads have bled as shown in photo; Shanxi Province; 2nd quarter of 20th century; $80

 

Silk Embroidered Chinese Children's Hat

 

 

 

#167 Finely embroidered silk children's hat from Shanxi Province with long back; c. 1930-1940; $180

#167 Embroidered Back

#167 Long back

Auspicious Taoist Children's Hat

# 168 Auspicious Taoist Hat, silk embroidery on black silk; excellent condition; C 1930; $210

Taoist Hat with queue

 

#168.1 side view with queue

 

#160 Fully embroidered silk on cotton; Butterflies, birds, and flowers; Songtao Miao, Guizhou Province; c1970; $100

Dong Minority Child's Hat

#154 Minority Hat from Guizhou Province; Fine Two-Needle Stitch; c1960-1970; $50

Dong Hat top

#154.1 Top view of Two-Needle Stitch with couched silk gimp thread

Chinese Childrens Dragon Hat

#161 Royal Blue Dragon Children's Hat; Shanxi Province, Excellent Condition; c 1950; $200

Chinese Silk Dragon Hat

#161.1 Side view of silk dragon hat

Chinese Tiger Hat Yunnan

#164 Chinese Minority Tiger Hat from Yunnan Province; silk embroidered with applique features; c 1960; $100

Minority Tiger Hat side

#164.1 Side view

Chinese Purple Dragon Hat; #170

#170 Chinese Purple Dragon Hat; all silk with metallic couched threads;unusual light bulb eyes; excellent condition; Shanxi Provence; C 1940-1950; $220

Purple Dragon Chinese Children's Hat

 

#170.1 Side view

 

Miao Festival Children's Hat

 

#202 Miao Festival Girl's Hat; Very fine split silk embroidery some over paper cut patterns; think cotton lining shows use; Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province c 1970s; $180

Miao Embroidered Hat Back view

 

#202.1 Miao Festival Hat, back view

 

Miao Dragon Hat for Twin

 

 

 

#162 Miao Children's Dragon Winter Hats; Silk satin stitch embroidery on velvet; two similar available...made for twins in Shidong, Taijiang Co, Guizhou; c 1970's; $200 each.

Dragons. Fish, Birds, and Insects Miao Hat

#162.1 Miao Children's Hat Back with Miao Dragons, Fish, and Birds

Painted Chinese Childrens Tiger Hat

#129 Han Chinese Children's Painted Tiger Hat; all cotton with applique and ink drawings;Good condition; c1950; $100

Painted Tiger Hat side

#129.1 Painted Majestic Tiger Hat

Yi Minority Girl's Fish Hat

 

# 157 Yi Minority Girl's Festival Hat; Fish represents always having enough; all hand embroidered silk on silk with cotton lining; excellent condition; fine workmanship; Yunnan Province; c 1960; $110

Children's Orange Tiger Wind Hat

 

#227 Orange Majestic Tiger Hat; Silk with embroidery and woven ribbons; Shanxi Province; c 1935; $125

Chinese Children's Tiger Hat side

#227.1 Side view

Black Chinese Children's Tiger Hat

 

#188 Black Silk Tiger Child's Hat with flowers; good condition; c 1940; $100

Black Tiger Children's Hat

#188.1 Side View

Phoenix Chinese Children's Hat Hebei #197

#197 Painted Silk Phoenix Chinese Girl's Wind Hat from Hebei Province; Phoenix represents female goodness; Unique but somewhat faded; c 1930; $220

Chinese Girl's Phoenix Hat front view

#197.1 Phoenix Hat front view with blossom

 

Silk Embroidered Chinese Taoist Hat

# 174 Evil Avoiding Eight Trigram Taoist Hat for good luck; Silk with silk floral embroidery and couched metal thread designs; silk tassels and fringe; Shanxi Province; good condition; c 1930; $140

Chinese Children's Taoist Hat side view

 

#174.1 Taoist Hat side view

Black Tiger Antique Chinese Children's Hat

 

#218 Black Silk Chinese Children's Tiger Hat; Applique with metal thread couching; cotton lining; good condition; Mouse in each ear; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $120

Majestic Tiger Hat Long Back

 

#218.1 Long back with silk embroidered butterflies and flowers

Chinese Children's Kuan Scholars Hat #198

 

 

#198 Kuan or Scholar Child's Hat; ; Silk embroidery some on gold paper; Shanxi Province; c 1950; $250

Chinese Scholar's Hat

#198.1 Finely embroidered back

Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat

#211 Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat; Applique and exquisite silk embroidery on silk; Pinyao, Shanxi Province; Excellent condition; 1920; $300

Floral Silk Embroidery on Antique Chinese Children's Hat

 

#211.1 Double Tiger Side View with fine silk embroidered lotus flowers representing purity

Chinese children's hat back with flowers

#211.2 Double Tiger Children's Hat; back view

Dong Ceremonial Hat Liping Guizhou

#215 Dong Minority Ceremonial Hat from Liping Co, Guizhou Province; 8 Immortals plus of metal; very intricate twisted and pleated silk cording; c 1980; $275

 

Dong Minority Children's Hat

#215.1 Side view of Dong hat with pompoms and additional metal ornamentation

 

 

Dong Girls Ceremonial  Hat

#220 Dong Minority Ceremonial Girl's Hat with elaborate cording silk embroidery; Liping County, Guizhou Province; c 1980; $250

Chinese Children's Silk Scholar's Hat 222

# 222 Kuan or Scholar's Hat ; Fine blue silk satin stitch embroidery on red silk; Excellent condition; Shanxi Province; c 1920; $500

Chinese Children's Silk Scholar's Hat Qing

#222.1 Back of Kuan Hat

Lavendar Silk Chinese Children's hat 225

#225 Lavender Elephant Silk Wind Hat; Cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1920 -1930; $125

Chinese Children's Lavendar Elephant Wind Hat

#225.1 Side view including silk tape with Thunder pattern for continuity/longevity

Red Silk Embroidered Chinese Children's Wind Hat 239

 

#239 Red Tiger Wind Hat with silk embroidered flowers and butterflies; leather eyes and good facial details; c 1930; $125

Fine Silk embroidery on red Tiger Wind Hat

#239.1 Back and sides with embroidery

Painted Orange Silk Chinese Children's Tiger Hat 229

#229 Orange Silk Tiger with inked floral and insect drawings; small stuffed snake on head; silk tassel; c1930; $140

Painted Orange Chinese Children's Tiger Hat

#229.1 Drawings

Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat 210

#210 Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat; great embroidered tongue; good condition; Pinyao, Shanxi Province; c 1920; $275

Double Tiger Children's Hat Longevity calligraphy

#210.1 Side with 'longevity' calligraphy

Bright Green Dragon Chinese Children's Hat 231

#231 Green silk dragon; c 1940; $100

231.1 Side

#231.1 Embroidered Dragon's Body

Black Silk Chinese Children's Tiger Hat

#214 Charming Black Silk Tiger Hat; Great condition with silk embroidered detail, mouse in ears; c 1920; $200

Black Silk Chinese Children's Tiger Hat back

#214.1 Side view of Black Tiger; body of gold couched thread; silk embroidered flowers on top

Fancy Horned Silk Beast

 

#240 Fancy Purple Silk Horned Beast with Silk Flowers; Great character; Cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $140

Purple Horned Beast Chinese Children's Hat side

#240.1 Silk Embroidered Body

Painted Orange Silk Chinese Children's Tiger Wind Hat 238

 

 

#238 Orange Silk Painted Tiger Wind Hat with good leather facial features;Shanxi Province; 1930, $125

Painted Tiger Body with Tail and good silk tapes

#238.1 Painted Silk Body with good silk ribbon tapes and lively tail

Flowered Silk Beast Chinese Children's Hat

#236 Flowered Silk Beast; Pig or Friendly Dragon? Cotton lining; Silk flowers and tassels; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $140

Flower Beast Chinese Children's Hat 236

#236.1 Silk Embroidered Body with claws

Black Silk Chinese Children's Elephant Hat  232

 

#232 Black Silk Elephant with embroidered nose and silver couched applique; cotton lining; Shanxi Province; Good condition; c 1930 - 1940; $125

Black Silk Elephant Chinese Children's Hat side view

#232.1 Side view of Black Silk Elephant

Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Children's Hat

#234 Qing Dynasty Child's Hat; Very fine silk embroidered Lotus Flowers; Long silk pieces ending with embroidery; Top View; Hat body shows wear, but embroidery is in good condition; 19th c; $290

Back of Anitque Chinese Child's Hat 234

#234.1 Embroidered back with flowers, birds, and the Buddhist's Endless Knot with some small beads remaining.

     
   
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