The template is designed to help decorating a woman's jacket. The embroidery is worked over the paper template. The template is intended for use by a (young) girl, and includes instructions in pencil and ink for the stitch directions.
See also the TRC Needles entry for an half-finished embroidered panel for a Miao woman's jacket (TRC 2018.2107).
TRC online catalogue (retrieved 26th August 2018).
WV (26th August 2018)