Wedding Procession - Embroidery Dowry

Item

Title
Wedding Procession - Embroidery Dowry
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 - bed curtains. The only presents are those exchanged between bride and groom.
Identifier
WFC_055
Description
Two men carry a portion of the bride's dowry, an embroidered bed curtain with a wooden frame. The decorative side panels of the frame are hanging horizontally at the bottom of the load. The hills surrounding Renshou can be seen in the background.
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.
Creator
Samuel Soper
Date Created
c1920
Location
Renshou, Sichuan
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/1797176/renshou-xian.html
Relation
Wedding Procession - Dowry Pillows
Wedding Procession - Bridal Chair
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.
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2024-11-20
Contributor
Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
Item sets
Willmott Family Archives
Media
WFC_055_LEW_Jenshow-bridal-bedcurtains.bmp

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Title Class
Wedding Procession - Bridal Chair Image
Wedding Procession - Dowry Pillows Image