Traditional Korean Summer Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Traditional Korean Summer Dress

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.250.1-2

Description

A traditional, handmade Korean summer dress, consisting of the outer skirt and jacket (chogori). The jacket is cream colored, with bright pink along the end of the sleeves, under the arms, and along the collar and opening edges. There are also bright pink ties attached to the bottom of the jacket. There are silver flowers and Korean letters along all of the pink portions. The skirt is bright pink, with a white band at the top, and white ties attached to each side of the top. There are silver floral patterns along the bottom of the skirt and up each side, along with pink leaves throughout the larger pink skirt.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress, Skirt, Jacket

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Fabric

Color

Cream, Pink, Silver

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

East Asia

Continent

Asia

Notes

Seoul, South Korea

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

368A

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

368B

Dimensions

Width

54 in

Length

16-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

For jacket; measurements taken while lying flat.

Width

35-1/2 in

Length

42 in

Dimension Notes

For skirt; measurements taken while open and lying flat.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Kim Allbright

Acquisition Method

Gift