This rare 19th century antique ladies silver embroidered Riegelhaube or Latch Plate Hood headdress dates from the early 1800s. It is made of a rigid rag cardboard basis with off white silk covering, encrusted over with silver spiral metal embroidery, beading, spangles and sequins. There are metallic threads done in a raised padded stitch embroidery couching work floral design. The inside is lined in linen with a pink lining and is hand tied stitched together. This early "Riegelhaube" or "Latch Plate Hood" was the traditional headdress worn by the women of Munich, the Bavarian region in Germany from 1755 through about 1850. It is said that silver was for unmarried girls and this would have been worn on the back of the head and secured with hat pins. These caps took 200-300 working hours to create, at the price of several monthly wages! It measures 6 1/2 by 7 inches and is in good wearable condition with some wear, slight fraying to the fabric, a few missing sequins and some soiling. This is truly a rare early find.
Item number xc538

$400