1900 - 1910 Chinese American Woman's Blouse
- Description (Brief)
- In America, Mrs. Lee wore this tunic-length satin blouse with side buttons made from 1890 Hong Kong coins. The generously cut blouse or sam, often reaching the calf, was worn over trousers.
- Mrs. Lee wore traditional Chinese clothes when she occasionally accompanied her children to the local movie houses. According to her daughter Grace, since she did not understand English she made up her own storyline to accompany the films’ images.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- blouse, woman's
- Object Type
- Main Dress
- Woman
- Blouse
- date made
- ca 1905
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- wool (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 75 cm x 90 cm; 29 1/2 in x 35 7/16 in
- place made
- China
- ID Number
- 1992.0620.08
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.08
- accession number
- 1992.0620
- subject
- Chinese American
- Family & Social Life
- Immigration
- Immigrants
- Cultures & Communities
- Clothing & Accessories
- Chinese American
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Costume
- Chinese American
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
- Publication title
- Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
- Publication author
- Mead, Virginia Lee
- Publication URL
- http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=set_name:%22Lee+Chinese-American+Family+Papers%2C+ca.+1915-1970%22
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