Wedding Suit with Heavily Embroidered Patterns

Name/Title

Wedding Suit with Heavily Embroidered Patterns

Entry/Object ID

2013.8.1pt01

Description

Heavily embroidered woman's wedding suit consisting of jacket and skirt. Both are heavily embroidered with gold and silver threads and depict dragons amidst clouds and/or the sea. The jacket fastens down the centre front with traditional style ties. In this Cantonese-style silk ensemble, called "Kwa", the embroidered dragons and phoenixes pattern "float" across a sliver background scattered with peonies. To achieve the effect, metallic threads are tacked onto the silk with coloured threads.

Acquisition

Accession

2013.8

Source or Donor

PANG Helena

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1960 - 1964