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A traditional black robe features intricate gold embroidery with circular dragon motifs.
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Wedding Attire: Three Cultures, One Celebration

OverviewExhibition Objects
Woman’s wedding jacket and skirt , Silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk satin, China

Woman’s wedding jacket and skirt

China
early 20th century
Bindalli Wedding Dress, Cotton, metal wrapped thread; embroidered
Bindalli Wedding Dress
mid-19th–early 20th century
Wedding ensemble with cranes, pines, and rising-cloud patterns, Crepe silk with resist-dyed patterns and gold-and-silk thread embroidery, Japan
Wedding ensemble with cranes, pines, and rising-cloud patterns
Japan
early 20th century