The early era of the Japanese colonial period (1890~1910’s)

Length: 89.5 cm

Width:  128.5 cm

 

This garment features a stand-up collar with a low-cut neckline, and a short placket with the right diagonal lapel overlapping the left, and broad loose sleeves. This garment has two 23-cm side slits, each with two worm embroidery at the top for reinforcement. 

 

The ground textile is white linen, with the collar, the placket and the sleeve cuffs piped with black linen border. A decorative blue fabric embroidered with white rhombus patterns was also employed. The trimming includes a cotton woven band embroidered with patterns of transformed butterflies, and with the same shade of color adorned with five loop buttons made of cotton as well as five round bronze buttons. The overall design of this garment is modest but elegant. As the linen is made of softer and lighter fiber, this garment is presumably to be worn by Hakka women in Northern Taiwan in summer.