Object Details
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- unknown
- date made
- ca 1900
- Credit Line
- Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- satin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 88 cm x 107 cm; 34 21/32 in x 42 1/8 in
- Object Name
- skirt, woman's
- Object Type
- Skirt
- Woman
- Main Dress
