Title
Box for cheongsam
Year/Period
mid-20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 8.5 x 28.5 x 35.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-01316
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Cynthia, Larry, Celia, Carol and Lawrence Chia, in memory of their parents Chia Teck Loke and Ong Siew Choo.
This box was used by the shop as packaging for the Chinese cheongsams. The label on this box includes the specific address and telephone number (“Hock Wah Embroiderers” shop on No. 54 Bras Basah Road Singapore, Tel 23576) and also the goods sold in this shop. The cheongsam is a form-fitting Chinese dress, which was worn by Peranakan women from the 1920s, following international fashions in Shanghai. They were favoured for special occasions like weddings and socialising outside the Peranakan home. This cheongsam box belonged to Mdm Ong Siew Choo (1930-2012), a homemaker.
