Vintage Chinese Children's Hats
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.
#145 Yi Minority Girl's silk embroidered parrot hat, Yunnan Province; good condition; c 1970s; $100 |
# 217 Silk Black and Orange Tiger Hat; c 1935; $110 |
#217 Side view |
#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 Silk Embroidered Chinese Girl's Hat; Shanxi Province; Phoenix represents 5 cardinal virtues; some wear on edges and silk lining; c1940; $90 |
#86 Back |
#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 |
# 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 |
#172 Shanxi Province Dragon Hat side view |
#230 Colorful Dragon of silk applique with fancy tongue and good luck coin; printed cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1940; $130 |
#230.1 side |
#230.2 Phoenix appliqued with couched silver threads and silver paper |
#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 |
#228.1 Orange Tiger side view with Double Happiness Ribbon Borders |
#223 Unusual Silk Chinese Girl's Lotus Hat representing purity; Gold paper couching and silk embroidery; c1930 ; $200 |
#232.1 Silk Flowers and Tassels in side view |
#224 Purple Silk Elephant Hat with Lotus Top; Great condition; c 1930; $140 |
#224.1 Thunder Pattern for longevity Silk Border tape |
#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 |
#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 |
#209 Extremely fine Majestic Orange Tiger Hat; Da tong, Shanxi Province; early 20th century; $350 |
#209.1 Silk embroidered tiger stripes |
#209.2 Silver couched flowers and silk embroidery on gold paper |
#208 Zhaung Minority Girl's Phoenix Hat from Yunnan Province; silk applique and embroidery on satin; c 1950-1960; $200 |
#208.1 Phoenix Tail |
 #219 Twin Dragons Silk Wind Hat; |
#219 Hebei Twin Dragons, side view; some soiling on pink silk trim |
#226 Gold Silk Tiger Wind Hat with colorful nose; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $125 |
#226.1 Gold Tiger Side View with well preserved thunder patterned silk ribbon |
#212 Elegant Double Tiger Silk Hat with elaborate silk embroidery; Pinyao, Shanxi Province; Excellent condition; early 20th century; $290 |
#212.1 Finely silk embroidered animals with flowers in a vase |
#212.2 Elaborate back with official and his wife embroidered in satin stitching |
#94 Small Han Chinese Child's Tiger Hat with Bells; Some lose threads; c 1930; $80
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#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 |
#190 Ink drawings on side and back |
#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 |
#167 Finely embroidered silk children's hat from Shanxi Province with long back; c. 1930-1940; $180 |
#167 Long back |
# 168 Auspicious Taoist Hat, silk embroidery on black silk; excellent condition; C 1930; $210 |
#168.1 side view with queue |
#160 Fully embroidered silk on cotton; Butterflies, birds, and flowers; Songtao Miao, Guizhou Province; c1970; $100 |
#154 Minority Hat from Guizhou Province; Fine Two-Needle Stitch; c1960-1970; $50 |
#154.1 Top view of Two-Needle Stitch with couched silk gimp thread |
#161 Royal Blue Dragon Children's Hat; Shanxi Province, Excellent Condition; c 1950; $200 |
#161.1 Side view of silk dragon hat |
#164 Chinese Minority Tiger Hat from Yunnan Province; silk embroidered with applique features; c 1960; $100 |
#164.1 Side view |
#170 Chinese Purple Dragon Hat; all silk with metallic couched threads;unusual light bulb eyes; excellent condition; Shanxi Provence; C 1940-1950; $220 |
#170.1 Side view |
#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 |
#202.1 Miao Festival Hat, back view |
#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. |
#162.1 Miao Children's Hat Back with Miao Dragons, Fish, and Birds |
#129 Han Chinese Children's Painted Tiger Hat; all cotton with applique and ink drawings;Good condition; c1950; $100 |
#129.1 Painted Majestic Tiger 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 |
#227 Orange Majestic Tiger Hat; Silk with embroidery and woven ribbons; Shanxi Province; c 1935; $125 |
#227.1 Side view |
#188 Black Silk Tiger Child's Hat with flowers; good condition; c 1940; $100 |
#188.1 Side View |
#197 Painted Silk Phoenix Chinese Girl's Wind Hat from Hebei Province; Phoenix represents female goodness; Unique but somewhat faded; c 1930; $220 |
#197.1 Phoenix Hat front view with blossom |
# 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 |
#174.1 Taoist Hat side view |
#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 |
#218.1 Long back with silk embroidered butterflies and flowers |
#198 Kuan or Scholar Child's Hat; ; Silk embroidery some on gold paper; Shanxi Province; c 1950; $250 |
#198.1 Finely embroidered back |
#211 Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat; Applique and exquisite silk embroidery on silk; Pinyao, Shanxi Province; Excellent condition; 1920; $300 |
#211.1 Double Tiger Side View with fine silk embroidered lotus flowers representing purity |
#211.2 Double Tiger Children's Hat; back view |
#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
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#215.1 Side view of Dong hat with pompoms and additional metal ornamentation
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#220 Dong Minority Ceremonial Girl's Hat with elaborate cording silk embroidery; Liping County, Guizhou Province; c 1980; $250 |
# 222 Kuan or Scholar's Hat ; Fine blue silk satin stitch embroidery on red silk; Excellent condition; Shanxi Province; c 1920; $500 |
#222.1 Back of Kuan Hat |
#225 Lavender Elephant Silk Wind Hat; Cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1920 -1930; $125 |
#225.1 Side view including silk tape with Thunder pattern for continuity/longevity |
#239 Red Tiger Wind Hat with silk embroidered flowers and butterflies; leather eyes and good facial details; c 1930; $125 |
#239.1 Back and sides with embroidery |
#229 Orange Silk Tiger with inked floral and insect drawings; small stuffed snake on head; silk tassel; c1930; $140 |
#229.1 Drawings |
#210 Double Tiger Chinese Children's Hat; great embroidered tongue; good condition; Pinyao, Shanxi Province; c 1920; $275 |
#210.1 Side with 'longevity' calligraphy |
#231 Green silk dragon; c 1940; $100 |
#231.1 Embroidered Dragon's Body |
#214 Charming Black Silk Tiger Hat; Great condition with silk embroidered detail, mouse in ears; c 1920; $200 |
#214.1 Side view of Black Tiger; body of gold couched thread; silk embroidered flowers on top |
#240 Fancy Purple Silk Horned Beast with Silk Flowers; Great character; Cotton lining; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $140 |
#240.1 Silk Embroidered Body |
#238 Orange Silk Painted Tiger Wind Hat with good leather facial features;Shanxi Province; 1930, $125 |
#238.1 Painted Silk Body with good silk ribbon tapes and lively tail |
#236 Flowered Silk Beast; Pig or Friendly Dragon? Cotton lining; Silk flowers and tassels; Shanxi Province; c 1930; $140 |
#236.1 Silk Embroidered Body with claws |
#232 Black Silk Elephant with embroidered nose and silver couched applique; cotton lining; Shanxi Province; Good condition; c 1930 - 1940; $125 |
#232.1 Side view of Black Silk Elephant |
#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 |
#234.1 Embroidered back with flowers, birds, and the Buddhist's Endless Knot with some small beads remaining. |
