Golden yellow hooded brocade men’s headdress with grass pattern

[Golden yellow hoop round flower curl grass pattern brocade men’s Pei]

Golden yellow hoop round flower curl grass pattern brocade men’s Pei, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, was 141 cm long, 236 cm long with two sleeves and 117 cm wide at the bottom
It has a straight collar, a placket, wide sleeves, and a train that opens from left to right. The collar is inlaid with white cloud, dragon, phoenix, and miscellaneous treasure patterns with dark flower satin edges, and is lined with green folded branches and tulle silk lining. The surface is modeled after a Song brocade pattern, and the pattern is divided into two groups: one group is arranged with 6 circles to form a large flower cluster, and the interior is decorated with 6 small Ruyi heads. The other group is a small cluster of six flowers arranged to form two scattered spots. The two rows form a circular unit, forming a square continuous pattern, and the large and small clusters of flowers are connected by curly grass patterns. The brocade ground is made of six satin patterns, and the warp threads are divided into two groups: one is the ground warp, which is golden in color, with a projected width of 0.1mm in diameter and 108 threads/cm. The other group is a textured warp, gray, with a projected width of 0.1mm across the warp diameter, 20 pieces/cm, interwoven with the textured weft. The projected width of the weft diameter is 0.3 mm, 26 pieces/cm. There are 13 colors of grain and weft, including white, moon white, sapphire blue, light yellow, yellow green, green, dark green, pink, aloe, light snow green, and light snow gray
According to the records of the Qing Palace, Suzhou annually pays tribute to the royal family a large number of high-quality silks and satins made by the regular weaving, the sending weaving, and the adding of the sending weaving. They are handed over to the “dyeing work”, “clothing work”, “leather work”, and the “helmet work” set up by the Internal Affairs Office of the Qing Palace to make the robes of the emperor, empress, and other members of the royal family, as well as the costumes of the theatrical troupes of the Internal Affairs Office. During the Qianlong period, palace theatrical performances were extremely popular, with many titles such as “The Order of the Moon”, “The Celebration”, and “The New Moon”. In the palace, there are huge theatrical troupes, which are successively under the jurisdiction of “Nanfu” and “Shengping Office”. This male Pei is a costume from the Qianlong Dynasty. The entire brocade surface has harmonious colors, novel and unique patterns, plump and symmetrical composition, and exquisite weaving techniques. It is a masterpiece of imitation Song brocade patterns woven in Suzhou during the Qianlong Dynasty and stored in the Palace Museum.