Object class: Needlework (visual works) / Collector: Phoebe Apperson Hearst / Culture or time period: Western Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Needlework (visual works) Collector Phoebe Apperson Hearst Culture or time period Western Asian cultures

Hearst Museum object titled Bridal crown, accession number 9-5765, described as Bride’s headdress; cake-shaped headdress, round with flat top; forehead area is overlapping layers of Turkish silver-colored coins tightly packed like fish scales; similarly encrusted triangular earflaps; at brow are three rows of tubular coral beads, 1 row of coins below; crown is 4 triangles of embroidery in red and green with brown X dividing them; blue linen ground; red cotton cloth lining; back is beige and green embroidered rectangles.