chima
date: label: date made
content: 1975
label: date made
content: 1968
name: label: wearer
content: Kim, Mary
notes: label: Description
content: Floor-length woman's dress, known as a geodulchima, part of a Korean hanbok. Could be considered a skirt but shoulder straps mean it is worn as a dress. Made of bright green silk decorated w/embroidered pink and white plum blossoms highlighted with gold colored threads. Narrow straps w/high, lightly scooped neckline in F and B. Top 2" of dress and straps a pale blue-green fabric. CB opening from top to floor w/only one pair of ties 7/8" W x 21.5" L for closure; ties attached to the blue-green fabric but made of green dress fabric. Green silk skirt attaches to narrow "bodice" with many tucks creating a very full skirt. Skirt, lined w/stiffened green netting, made of three panels. Center panel embroidery extends upward 26" from hem to a point with blossoms on twisting green branches; two side panel embroideries extend up 15" and are slightly less elaborate.
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 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: 2015.0286.19
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0286.19
label: accession number
content: 2015.0286
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, 1-piece
label: Object Name
content: dress, 1-piece, wedding
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall cb: 43 in; 109.22 cm