Crowns, Diadems, & Fillets

Crowns

 

Crown piece (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2004.2229). Indonesia – 9th-10th C.

Set of 5 crown ornaments (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2004.2246.1-.5). Indonesia – 9th-10th C.

Crown Depicting Rulers Holding Ceremonial Staffs (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2001.1065). Peru – 800-1375

Sculpture (V&A Museum IM.182-1929). Thailand - 11th-12th C.

Mosaic (V&A Museum 167-1869). Italy - 1100-1150

Head of a lady (V&A Museum REPRO.A.1916-608). England - ca. 1260-80

Tomb crown of Queen Anne (Kunstgewerbemuseum K 3874). Germany - 1281

Woman's crown (National Museum Wrocławiu MNWr V-2333). early 14th C.

"King Khusraw Anushirvan Enthroned" from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.18). Iran - 1341 

Crown badge (British Museum 1856,0701.2147). England - 14th-15th C.

Panel (V&A Museum 210-1894). Spain - ca. 1400

Fragments of Charles VI's crown (Louvre OA 12014; OP 162; OP 945; OP 946). France - before 1411 

Ancestral crown (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2004.2311). Indonesia - 15th-17th C.

A Court Scene from Habib al-Siyar of Khwandamir (LACMA M.73.5.445). Iran - 1590-1600 

 

Diadems

Diadem with Kinnaris (The Met 1988.395a–c). India - 9th-10th C.

Diadem with medallions (UBC Museum of Anthropology Edz4678). China - 960-1279

 

Fillets 

Headband (Brooklyn Museum 41.1273.20). 600-1000

Twill headband (UBC Museum of Anthropology 2990/919). Peru - 1000-1476

Woman's head (Pinacoteca di Brera 7393). Italy - 1200-1299 

Headband with 4 felines (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2002.4232). Peru - 1200–1532

Sculpture (V&A Museum IM.65-1927). Thailand - 14th-15th C. 

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