jeogori
date: label: date made
content: 1975
label: date made
content: 1968
name: label: wearer
content: Kim, Mary
notes: label: Description
content: Cropped woman's jacket, called a jeogori in Korean, is the basic upper garment of a hanbok. Bright green silk w/embroidered pink plum blossoms; fully lined w/stiffened green netting. CF opening with two 30" long ties (2-3/8" wide), one on each side, in same green silk. Both sides of ties towards ends decorated w/embroidered plum blossoms. Two short interior ties used to keep jacket securely closed. V-neck opening edged w/white fabric (3/8" wide) surrounded by attached 1" wide strip of embroidery going all way around. Bodice bottom, rounded in both F and B (lower in C), decorated F and B w/4 embroidered plum blossoms on each side. Attached sleeves straight at top from shoulder to cuffless ends; sleeve bottom curves downward and then upward towards sleeve end which is edged all around with embroidered plum blossoms.
label: Description
content: Part of hanbok Mary Kim had made in Itawon, Seoul in 1975; worn for the opening gala of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 2003. An oral history was conducted with these donors. An unedited transcript of this oral history is available for scholarly research through the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History. The collection is "Family of Voices Oral History Project" and it is collection number AC 1365.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: South Korea
topic: label: general subject association
content: Asian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bill and Mary Kim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0286.18
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0286.18
label: accession number
content: 2015.0286
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
label: Object Name
content: jacket, wedding
label: Object Type
content: Jacket
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall cb: 11 3/8 in; 28.8925 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall sleeve inseam: 16 3/4 in; 42.545 cm