Woman's Bridal Dress, Pleated Skirt (1800s): Art, History and Details

Woman's Bridal Dress, Pleated Skirt (1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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 even though it did not fall under the scope of the Qing Dynasty sumptuary laws. The pleated turquoise skirt, with six embroidered panels that feature dragons in the front and back, would be worn beneath the red dragon jacket (2005.135.1).

Object facts

• Title: Woman's Bridal Dress, Pleated Skirt
• Date: 1800s
• Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
• Type: Garment
• Technique: Silk, gilt-metal thread; embroidery
• Dimensions: Overall: 94.6 x 86.4 cm (37 1/4 x 34 in.)
• Collection: Textiles
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 2005.135.2

Collection credit

Gift of Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick

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