Object Details
- unknown
- 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 pleated skirt was often worn with a rectangular apron or wei chu’u over a pair of matching trousers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
- ca 1900
- ID Number
- 1992.0620.20
- accession number
- 1992.0620
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.20
- Object Name
- skirt, woman's
- Object Type
- Skirt
- Woman
- Main Dress
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- satin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 88 cm x 107 cm; 34 21/32 in x 42 1/8 in
- place made
- China: Hong Kong, Colony of
- worn
- United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
- Related Publication
- Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
- Related Web Publication
- http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=set_name:%22Lee+Chinese-American+Family+Papers%2C+ca.+1915-1970%22
- 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_1119984
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-a132-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
