Maker:

unknown  Search this

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

Object Name:

slippers, pair of, man's

Object Type:

Man

Slippers

Footwear

Place made:

China

Worn:

United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown

Date made:

ca 1896

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

Referenced:

Immigration  Search this

Immigrants  Search this

Used:

Chinese Americans  Search this

Related Publication:

Mead, Virginia Lee. Photograph, Mr. Lee B. Lok at his store

Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970

Related Web Publication:

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=AC0555-0000001.tif

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=set_name:%22Lee+Chinese-American+Family+Papers%2C+ca.+1915-1970%22

Credit Line:

Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead

ID Number:

1992.0620.27.a-b

Catalog number:

1992.0620.27.a-b

1992.0620.27a-b

Accession number:

1992.0620

See more items in:

Home and Community Life: Costume

Family & Social Life

Cultures & Communities

Clothing & Accessories

Chinese American

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-936f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1119992