Jacket
mid 20th century (made)
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Woman's hip-length wedding jacket of black silk satin heavily embroidered with dragons, phoneixes and five mandarin ducks. It is front fastenning with six loop and knot buttons and two tapes. It has long and tight sleeves, a high, stiff stand up collar and a red plain weave cotton lining. There are silver and gold threads in couched work. The threads used to hold gilt threads on the fabric are of different colours (green, pink, red, orange) which introduce slightly greenish silver and redish gold.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Silk satin ground with embroidered decoration in couched work |
Brief description | Wedding jacket for a woman, black satin embroiderd with metallic threads, Hong Kong, mid-20th century |
Physical description | Woman's hip-length wedding jacket of black silk satin heavily embroidered with dragons, phoneixes and five mandarin ducks. It is front fastenning with six loop and knot buttons and two tapes. It has long and tight sleeves, a high, stiff stand up collar and a red plain weave cotton lining. There are silver and gold threads in couched work. The threads used to hold gilt threads on the fabric are of different colours (green, pink, red, orange) which introduce slightly greenish silver and redish gold. |
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Credit line | Supported by the Friends of the V&A |
Object history | Purchased 200HKD; Yueh Tai Taipe Market |
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Accession number | FE.64-1995 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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