ANTIQUE CHINESE MEI-LEI HEADBAND: Comprised of beautifully beaded pictorial panel with blooming flowers and birds surrounded by geometric borders. 15" L x 3 1/2" at the widest point. The headpieces and combs of this auction are from the personal lifetime collection of a leading published author on this and many topics – having amassed a collection in the 1000’s – she is also an Officer and Co-Founder of the Antique Comb Collectors Club International (ACCCI) and a donor to the Orange Johnson Museum in Ohio.

Lose threads at the edges and at center.