Embroidered Fan for Wedding Ceremony

1850–1918 Diameter: 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.559

In the Joseon period, women between the ages of 14 and 20 were matched with a husband through an arranged marriage. Even during the marriage ceremony, a bride was supposed to veil her face with this type of embroidered fan as a gesture of chastity. The fan’s body is made of pa...

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