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Bridal panel
- Place of origin:
Korea (made)
- Date:
1850-1900 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Coloured silks and gold paper thread on silk
- Museum number:
T.200-1920
- Gallery location:
In Storage
A number of objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum relate to Korean marriage customs in the 19th century. Although now detached, this panel would have originally formed part of the sumptuously embroidered over-robe worn by a bride in the final act of marriage: her entry into her husband’s family home and formal introduction to her new relatives.
Such panels were embroidered by the bride and her female relatives in the months before this important ritual took place. They were decorated with auspicious motifs, as in this example, with its design of cranes, small birds, butterflies, lotuses, peonies and a potted peach tree, signifying, among other things, wishes for longevity and marital bliss for the newly married couple.