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BROOCH "IRIS"

Original Model: Hairpin
Floral design of the Qinq time (1644-1912)

The brooch we propose to you is directly inspired of a hairpin of the Qinq dynasty (1644-1912). The hairstyles of the chinese women evolvedaccording to the dynasties but ti is from the Han dynasty that the bun becomes very widespread.
The ladies decorated  them with jewels and others ornaments called "flowers of head". These hairpins served as social distinction and to show off women beauty.
These spades were carried by the women having their majority.  They gave to the girls to their fiftieth birthday their first  hairpin as a sign of the passage to the adulthood.
These jewels inserted of kingfisher feather became rare. Only those for the Opera of  Beijing are still manufactured.
The model we propose to you is a traditional model. It represents a chinese iris,  very delicate flower. it is mainly cultivated in the Yunann (South of China) and its most beautiful flower is blue pale with  fines petals.