Not currently on display at the V&A

Wedding Panel

1900-1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Pinang (state) (made)

Beadwork mirror cover with fringe. Decorated in the centre with flowering plant in a vase and two phoenixes above it. Rectangular border with floral sprigs between two narrower borders. Short striped fringe at bottom. At top a band of magenta silk.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Marriage
Object type
Wedding panel
Materials and techniques
Glass beads on cotton
Cotton (Textile)
Glass-Beads
Silk (Textile)
Woven
Brief description
Beadwork wedding panel with fringe, made by Straits Chinese in Malaysia, 1900-1920.
Physical description
Beadwork mirror cover with fringe. Decorated in the centre with flowering plant in a vase and two phoenixes above it. Rectangular border with floral sprigs between two narrower borders. Short striped fringe at bottom. At top a band of magenta silk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.9cm
  • Width: 24.8cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Julie Gollan through Art Fund
Object history
Made by the Chinese community in Malaysia.

Registered File number 2483/1938.
Production
Straits Chinese
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Phoenix Birds
Vases
Bibliographic reference
Wilson, Verity. Chinese Textiles, 2nd edition, London: V&A Publications, 2005, plate 71.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
T.48-1938

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O23897/wedding-panel-unknown/
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