Wedding Procession - Dowry Pillows

Item

Title
Wedding Procession - Dowry Pillows See all items with this value
Caption
Part of a Wedding Procession. Coming up our Jenshow house front walk. The girl was to marry Soper's cook. He never saw her till she got out of the sedan chair. Presents - pillows. The only presents are those exchanged between bride and groom. See all items with this value
Identifier
WFC_057
Description
Two men carry a portion of the bride's dowry, a group of pillows. The hills surrounding Renshou can be seen in the background. See all items with this value
Commentary
In traditional Chinese weddings, the bride brings a dowry from her birth family, typically including blue and white cross-stitch embroidered household linens (actually home-produced cotton or ramie) and furniture. See all items with this value
Creator
Samuel Soper
Date Created
c1920
Location
Renshou, Sichuan See all items with this value
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/1797176/renshou-xian.html
Relation
Wedding Procession - Bridal Chair
Wedding Procession - Embroidery Dowry
Is Part Of
Donald Earl Willmott's Blue Brocade Album
Provenance
Passed down from K & E Willmott to Don Willmott, and then to Cory Willmott. Digitized in 2008 by Elizabeth Willmott. See all items with this value
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2024-11-20
Contributor
Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
Media
WFC_057_Wedding-gifts-Jenshow.bmp

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Items with "Relation: Wedding Procession - Dowry Pillows"
Title Class
Wedding Procession - Bridal Chair Image
Wedding Procession - Embroidery Dowry Image
Resource class
Image