enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Hairwork - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairwork

   Hairwork, or jewelry or artwork made of human hair, has appeared throughout the history of craft work, particularly to be used for private worship or mourning. From the Middle Ages through the early twentieth century, memorial hair jewelry remained common. Hair, considered to be a remnant off the person it was cut from, also has often played a ...

3. Egyptian cultural dress - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_cultural_dress

   Various ornaments attached to the hair or to a woman's turban or headscarf. 1 and 2 are examples of kamarah ornaments. 3 is a sakiyeh ornament. 4 is an 'ood es-saleeb. 5 and 6 are misht ornaments. The libbeh and sha'eer (barley) are made of hollow gold beads, and popular among the middle and lower classes.

4. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthus_(ornament)

   In architecture, an ornament may be carved into stone or wood to resemble leaves from the Mediterranean species of the Acanthus genus of plants, which have deeply cut leaves with some similarity to those of the thistle and poppy. Both Acanthus mollis and the still more deeply cut Acanthus spinosus have been claimed as the main model, and ...

5. List of hanfu headwear - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hanfu_headwear

   Modeled after the Zhongjin guan, but worn by the scholar-gentry. Named after the "cloud" shapes formed on the sides. Adult. Ming. Zaoli jin (皁隸巾) Named after and worn by yamen runners. Due to the low status and the headwear not able to cover the forehead, it is also nicknamed "faceless guan " (無顏之冠) [44] Adult.

6. Jewellery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewellery

   Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.

7. Victorian jewellery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_jewellery

   Victorian jewellery originated in England; it was produced during the Victoria era, when Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901. Queen Victoria was an influential figure who established the different trends in Victorian jewellery. [1] The amount of jewellery acquired throughout the era established a person's identity and status.