This bridal skirt is made possibly from silk with the decorative motifs done using silk and gold thread couching. It features the peony flowers, phoenix and butterflies. Peonies symbolise spring, love, beauty and good fortune while the phoenix can represent beauty, grace, high virtue, the Empress and the bride. The butterfly is a symbol for joy, beauty, romance and dreams. The embroidered garments for weddings were usually done in China by skilled, professional embroiderers and then exported to their Straits Chinese customers.
