Woman's Bridal Dress, Dragon Jacket

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman's Bridal Dress, Dragon Jacket

Date
1800s
Medium
Silk, gilt-metal thread; embroidery
Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
163633

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This three-piece bridal dress includes a dragon jacket, a pleated skirt, and a tabard, a short loose-fitting sleeveless vest. The ensemble reveals the high rank of her husband; it did not fall under the scope of the Qing dynasty sumptuary laws. The woman's bridal trousseau contains a short red coat fastened on the side and wide sleeves. It is decorated with ten dragons and other cosmological motifs commonly found on court dress. The presence of ten dragons indicates that the wife's husband was a high-ranking official.

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Credit line
Gift of Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick
Provenance
?–2005: Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick [1913–2013], Lexington, MA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2005–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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  • Representative object from the topic Asian Embroidered Women's Garments
    Asian Embroidered Women's Garments

    These objects are traditional women's garments, primarily skirts and jackets from Qing Dynasty China, featuring elaborate silk embroidery and representative of East Asian textile arts.

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