415 Bai Minority Girls Silk Embroidered Flower Hat
Bai Minority Girls Festival Hat with Silk Embroidered Flowers; Well-executed Buddha hand flowers peonies, and lotus with little birds and butterflies embroidered directly on to the black cotton base; lovely details of needle woven edges, and old couched old metal border; cross-stitched sweat guard on the front; all hand work except for the machine quilting on the bottom back; red and blue cotton lining has soiling from use;
Bai Minority Girls Festival Hat with Silk Embroidered Flowers; Well-executed Buddha hand flowers peonies, and lotus with little birds and butterflies embroidered directly on to the black cotton base; lovely details of needle woven edges, and old couched old metal border; cross-stitched sweat guard on the front; all hand work except for the machine quilting on the bottom back; red and blue cotton lining has soiling from use; c 1950s; collected by the late Peter Nelson in late 1980’s, 18” circumference.