1895 - 1905 Chinese American Woman's Skirt
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ng Shee (1874 - ?) had this two paneled skirt as well as trousers made in Hong Kong at the time of her marriage to Mr. Lee B. Lok in China around 1900. After the marriage Ng Shee lived with her mother in law in China until she joined Mr. Lee in New York City in 1906.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The pleated skirt was often worn with a rectangular apron or wei chu’u over a pair of matching trousers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong, Colony of
label: worn
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
topic: label: referenced
content: Immigration
label: referenced
content: Immigrants
label: used
content: Chinese Americans
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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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 James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0620.20
label: accession number
content: 1992.0620
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0620.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skirt, woman's
label: Object Type
content: Skirt
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 cm x 107 cm; 34 21/32 in x 42 1/8 in