Object Details
- unknown
- Description (Brief)
- Mr. Lee only wore these slippers in his home or with his traditional Chinese clothes on special occasions. The slipper sole was thick, flat, inelastic, and shorter than the upper sole to give enough spring for walking.
- For much of his early life, the Chinese New Year was Lee’s only day of rest from the Quong Yuen Shing & Co. general store and a time when he might wear these slippers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
- ca 1896
- ID Number
- 1992.0620.27.a-b
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.27.a-b
- accession number
- 1992.0620
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.27a-b
- Object Name
- slippers, pair of, man's
- Object Type
- Man
- Slippers
- Footwear
- Physical Description
- satin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/4 in x 3 in x 2 3/4 in; 23.495 cm x 7.62 cm x 6.985 cm
- place made
- China
- worn
- United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
- Related Publication
- Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
- Related Web Publication
- https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0555
- Related Publication
- Mead, Virginia Lee. Photograph, Mr. Lee B. Lok at his store
- Related Web Publication
- https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0555/ref532
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Costume
- Family & Social Life
- Cultures & Communities
- Clothing & Accessories
- Chinese American
- National Museum of American History
- referenced
- Immigration
- Immigrants
- used
- Chinese Americans
- Record ID
- nmah_1119992
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-936f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
