1925 - 1930 Chinese American Woman's Skirt
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Mrs. Lee ordered this skirt from China to wear on formal occasions, such as weddings. The waistband, of a different fabric, was covered by a blouse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
label: worn
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
label: worn
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: used
content: Weddings
label: used
content: Chinese Americans
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Chinese American
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
label: Related Web Publication
content: https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0555
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Virginia Lee Mead
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0274.02
label: accession number
content: 2000.0274
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0274.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skirt
label: Object Type
content: Skirt
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (skirt, lower material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (waistband material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 cm x 56 cm; 34 5/8 in x 22 1/16 in