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Woman’s wedding jacket and skirt, early 20th century
Bindalli Wedding Dress, mid-19th–early 20th century
Woman’s wedding jacket and skirt, early 20th century. Woman’s wedding jacket and skirt (detail), China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), early 20th century. Silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk satin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Captain and Mrs. James Thach, 1946 (46.187.2a, b).1 / 3

Wedding Attire: Three Cultures, One Celebration

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From Dec 22, 2025 Upper East Side

Wedding ensembles and accessories from China, Japan and Ottoman Turkey and the Balkans, 18th to early 20th century, whose fabrics, colors and motifs carry wishes for a happy marriage.

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