1895 - 1905 Chinese American Woman's Trousers
- Description (Brief)
- 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.
- The pair of matching trousers was often worn under the pleated skirt with a rectangular apron or wei chu’u.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- trousers, woman's
- Object Type
- Trousers
- Main Dress
- Woman
- date made
- ca 1900
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 49 cm x 100 cm; 19 9/32 in x 39 3/8 in
- place made
- Zhonghua: Hong Kong, Colony of
- worn
- United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
- ID Number
- 1992.0620.21
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.21
- accession number
- 1992.0620
- subject
- Chinese American
- Family & Social Life
- Immigration
- Immigrants
- Cultures & Communities
- Clothing & Accessories
- Chinese American
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- 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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