Object Details
- unknown
- 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
- Credit Line
- Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
- ca 1905
- ID Number
- 1992.0620.08
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.08
- accession number
- 1992.0620
- Object Name
- blouse, woman's
- Object Type
- Main Dress
- Blouse
- Woman
- 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
- place made
- China
- 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_1119954
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-9e03-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
