Chinese silk embroidered antique Miao Wedding Bed Cover from Guizhou Province

Dynasties of Asia offers this unique antique Chinese Miao Wedding Bed Cover.  The material is silk embroidery with cotton lined edging.

The Miao are related to the Hmong of Southeast Asia, and are known to this day for their family-oriented customs and colorful costumes with elaborate headdresses.  Traditional Miao hand make all their clothing, costumes, silver jewelry.

This Miao bed cover would traditionally have been given to newlyweds as a gift that honors the celebration of consummating the marriage.

The antique bed cover is brown, red, yellow and blue.  Use of these particular colors was fashionable among the upper classes.

Additionally, silk embroidery is quite expensive for the Miao, so it is accepted that the newly married couple who received this gift had some status.

This Miao bed cover has yellow and blue dragons throughout the entire cover, giving evidence that the newlyweds were farmers, since the dragon is associated with water, the rain deity, proving water to the harvests.

This extraordinary antique silk wedding bedcover is well suited for use as a wall hanging, with cotton edging cropped for more appeal.