1900 - 1910 Chinese American Woman's Blouse
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
- date made
- ca 1905
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- China
- 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
- ID Number
- 1992.0620.08
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.08
- accession number
- 1992.0620
- Credit Line
- Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
- subject
- Chinese American
- Immigration
- Immigrants
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- Home and Community Life: Costume
- Cultures & Communities
- Clothing & Accessories
- Family & Social Life
- Chinese American
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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