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Summer SkirtN3.18

Skirt of made of eight panels of pale green shiny, translucent silk open at the back. The skirt fabric is pleated onto a band of white silk, with long ties at both ends of the band made of ramie doubled over and sewn with stitches concealed inside. There is a smaller area at the top right upper edge with no pleats. On the left side the silk is inserted higher into the waistband, thus raising the bottom hem at this point. Roughly-written label in black ink in phonetic script and Korean characters on waistband.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's JacketN3.19

Light green silk blouse with striped sleeves. The blouse is short and flared with long sleeves. The centre opening has gores of yellow silk on the front edges and is tied closed with red silk ties. The neck is finished with a burgundy silk band, which has an inner neck band of white silk called “dong-jeong”. The sleeves are made of bands of coloured silk stitched together, called “seak-dong”, that are vertical when the arms are extended. The bands are yellow, blue, red, green, white, red, yellow, pink, white, and burgundy. The lower edge of the straight sleeves curves upwards slightly at the end. The blouse is completely lined with fine white cotton cloth that is pasted to the outer layer with no exposed seams. There is a faint blue floral pattern stamped on the lining of the front panel, which overlaps the right front panel when tied.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's SkirtN3.15

Dark blue skirt of heavy stiff silk with a smooth sheen on both sides. It is made of two fabric panels joined with a hand-sewn seam and open at the back. The skirt is evenly pleated at the top and inserted into a waistband of white ramie. The waistband is lightly pasted together and ends in long ties. The upper edge of the skirt is pulled up at one end inside the waistband, making that edge slightly shorter.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, ramie fibre, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearN3.14

Under-trousers of very sheer white silk fabric. Pants are angled out from the waistband to the ankles. Body of pants is pleated onto a wide waistband opening at the back. At each side of the waistband opening is attached a narrower long tie. Both ties are very creased. Pleats face towards the centre, front and back. Crotch is low, ending above the knees, and open at the back, ending in a gusset of white ramie with an edge that has come loose from the edge of the leg. The edges of the back opening are folded, but not hemmed. The lower edges of the pants are finished with hems 3.5 cm. deep.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre and ramie fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's SocksN3.11 a-b

A pair of child’s flat socks made of two pieces of fine plain white silk lined with coarser off-white cotton cloth. The silk is folded over towards the inside at the top and sewn to the cotton cloth in an invisible seam along the front, bottom and back of each sock. No stitching is visible as all is concealed between the two layers of fabric. There is a small opening on the inside front seam of each sock. The heel of each sock curves outward and the toes curve upward, ending in a point.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearN3.7

Under-trousers of very fine white cotton fabric with a sheen. Pants are angled out from the waistband to the ankles. Body of pants is pleated onto a wide waistband, opening at the back. At each side of the waistband opening is attached a narrower long tie. Pleats face towards the centre, front and back. Crotch is very low, at about knee-height, and open. On each side of the crotch opening is sewn an additional panel, extending from the lower edge of the front of the waistband to each side of the back opening. Panels overlap where they are attached to the front of the waistband so that one inserts into the other. The inner seams of the legs below the panels form convex curves, so that the pants are narrower at the ankles.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearN3.6

Under-trousers of fine white cotton fabric. Pants are angled out from the waistband to the ankles. Body of pants is pleated onto a wide waistband opening at the back. At each side of the waistband opening is attached a narrower long tie. Pleats face towards centre, front and back. Crotch is very low, at about knee-height.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pillow End PanelN3.4 a-b

Two virtually identical square pillow end panels (parts a-b) embroidered on red fabric pasted to paper. Each has images in an inner square framed in yellow thread which is surrounded by images also framed in yellow thread. The images on the inner square consist of a pair of birds facing each other with long tail feathers, one with a pink body and the other with a yellow body. Below them are six baby birds with a seventh on the back of the pink bird. There is a green triangular shape between them and flowers with leaves above. Images in the outer rectangle include a white flying crane at the top, a pine tree on the right below which is a purple rock shape, below which, there is a mushroom shape with green leaves. At the centre bottom, there is a kneeling grey deer, behind which, there is a blue-green rock shape. Above that, facing upwards, there is a tortoise with a white wavy shape coming from its mouth, beside which, there is a stalk of bamboo.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, gold metal, paper, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.2

A small flat bag made of red and dark blue silk damask and yellow silk embroidered on both sides. At the top, the red silk is folded inside where it is sewn with an invisible seam to the white cotton lining. Main body of the bag is shaped like a vertical rectangle with triangular projections on both sides created by folding and holding the folds in place with a circular pink cylindrical cord. A yellow tab, pointed at both ends, extends around the bottom of the bag. The red part of the front is embroidered with flowers outlined with gold couching and two pheasant-like birds facing each other while the red panel on the back is embroidered with a fungus. The blue points at the front and the back are embroidered with butterflies with two Chinese ? characters on the front, one light green and one yellow. The cord ends at the front with elaborate knots in red, gold, purple, and light green, culminating in five tassels wrapped in gold at the top, one in each of those colours plus a red one.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye and gold metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's SocksN3.1 a-b

A pair of child’s socks made of two quilted sides sewn together with a red cloth border at the top and a red silk tassel on the toe. The socks are made of white cotton cloth, lined with coarser white cotton, and quilted in narrow vertical rows. The rounded heel projects slightly and the arch is slightly indented. Two round flowers and one five-petalled flower are embroidered on each side in multicoloured silk thread outlined in gold, with a third flower over the centre front seam and embroidered v's under the red border. Each sock has a pale green silk ribbon sewed to the back seam above the heel and tied on one side in a single loop bow.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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