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.

Premiered May 11, 2023

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