Part Embroidered Bridal Coat for P'yebaek Ceremony

CHOSON PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

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Part Embroidered Bridal Coat for P'yebaek Ceremony
Choson period (late 19th-early 20th century)
Consisting of two sleeves, each of the two wider panels woven with waves, lotus and peonies and each of the two narrower panels woven with waves, a phoenix and young and peonies on a white ground, the same design repeated on a red silk ground, the panels separated by bands of yellow, red and blue figured silk; additionally embroidered in gold thread on one end with auspicious longevity inscriptions
47 3/8in. (120.3cm)

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The coat is worn by the bride to make a formal bow to her new parents-in-law just after the marriage ceremony. For the complete coat see Korean Costumes and Textiles, exh. cat. (New York: IBM Gallery of Science and Art, 1992), pl. 1.

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