Costume

Costume

Textiles Chinese American

3 piece costume a) Tunic (large): Half sleeve blue and black cotton tunic. Wide bands in black on the sleeves and around the collar. Frog buttons at neck collar and along the side. Written in blue ink "Mrs. Chin Han" on the inner collar and on the left (inner) mid section of the tunic. (Box 47) b) Pants: Indigo cotton mateiral for the waist. Black ( Polyester?) for the legs and black cotton bands stitched on both ends. Green piping at both ends of the band. Embroirdered fabric seen above the bands. (Box 47) c) Collar: Embroirdered with red cotton lining. A white button sewn on the right and a white elastic band on the left. A tag glued on the lining reads "MRS. CHIN HAN TOW MEI." (Box 52)

2008.049.045