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Jacket

mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 63.5cm
  • Across shoulders width: 134cm
  • Of collar depth: 5.5cm
Credit line
Supported by the Friends of the V&A
Object history
Purchased 200HKD; Yueh Tai Taipe Market
Collection
Accession number
FE.64-1995

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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