1925 - 1930 Chinese American Woman's Skirt
- Description (Brief)
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- skirt
- Object Type
- Skirt
- Main Dress
- Woman
- date made
- ca 1930
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- silk (skirt, lower material)
- cotton (waistband material)
- Measurements
- overall: 88 cm x 56 cm; 34 5/8 in x 22 1/16 in
- place made
- China
- worn
- United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- ID Number
- 2000.0274.02
- accession number
- 2000.0274
- catalog number
- 2000.0274.02
- subject
- Weddings
- Chinese American
- Cultures & Communities
- Clothing & Accessories
- Family & Social Life
- 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 Mrs. 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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