Wedding Jacket
97-12-2
From: China | Guizhou Province | Weishan County
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 97-12-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Weishan |
| Provenience | China | Guizhou Province | Weishan County |
| Creator | Tongying Wu's Grandmother |
| Date Made | ca. 1880 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Sequins | Gold Foil |
| Technique | Embroidered | Woven |
| Iconography | Dragon | Bird |
| Description | Wedding jacket made by grandmother of Tongying Wu, Miao textile artist. These jackets were worn for weddings and then later for special occasions. Black cotton with elaborately embroidered and woven strips on neckline, front border, shoulders and sleeves. Dragon and bird design on black silk on sleeves. Sequins and gold foil. Woven border on front edge. Triangular folded silk design. Interior cotton blue lining. Native provincial hand woven cotton and silk. |
| Length | 72 cm |
| Width | 128.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Tongying Wu, 1997 |
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