Pink cloth with an embroidered dog motif, red cloth with embroidered Chinese characters and box packaging

Title
Pink cloth with an embroidered dog motif, red cloth with embroidered Chinese characters and box packaging
Year/Period
1950s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Unknown Type: Please refer to parts
Accession No.
2008-06305
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Angeline Lee Seow Luan

This is an embroidery set consisting of a piece of pink cloth with an embroidered dog motif, a piece of red cloth with embroidered Chinese characters and a box packaging from the Capitol Embroidery and Dressmaking School. This artefact belonged to donor Ms. Angeline Lee Seow Luan’s mother, Mdm. Lim Hwee Luan, a skilful embroider and sewer who worked at the Capitol Embroidery and Dress-making School in the 1950s. With her skills, she embroidered various designs on clothes for her children. She also made her own wedding dress and cheongsam for her wedding. Most women in the 1950s and 1960s were good at sewing and embroidery work.