Jessica Harrison-Hall unpicks all the details of a 140-year-old Han woman’s outfit to give voice to the hidden women in 19th Century Chinese society, and uncover looming modernization in the East Coast Treaty ports of Shanghai, Ningbo and Guangzhou.
CONTENT WARNING: Contains high levels of embroidery nerdery with strong references to couch stitching
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:33 Outfit overview
01:08 Who would have worn this?
01:52 Outfit details
03:52 Combining homemade and bought embroidery
04:43 How embroidery is applied
06:04 Pattern books & foreign fashion
07:36 Back of the garment
08:36 Women in 19th-C China
10:28 Thank you for listening
China’s Hidden Century
Lead supporter Citi
Additional supporter The Huo Family Foundation
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