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Jacket2535/5

Woman’s jacket of white cotton fabric. The jacket is shorter than waist-length and opens at the front, with the left side lapping over the right when closed. Panels are added to the front edge at each side to extend the overlap. The deep V neckline is edged on the outside and inside with facings of cotton fabric, with a rounded corner at the bottom on the left, and a square corner on the right. Along the V neck is sewn a narrow collar or outer facing made of the same fabric as the lining. Two long thick ties are attached to the lower left facing and to the right of the facing. Thin white inner ties are sewn to the inner right inner facing and the left underarm seam. There is a centre back seam. The long sleeves are set in with a straight seam and a convex curve on the lower edge, narrowing to the wrist. The inner lining is white and shiny with a zigzag pattern. Jacket made to be worn over a skirt (2535/4).

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre, rayon fibre and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Socks376/6

Pair of white socks (part a-b). The sock has wide ankles, rounded heel and foot angled downward. Two layers of fabric are sewn together around the edge. The outer is of heavy white nylon fabric, and the inner layer is heavy white cotton fabric. The cotton layer has a machine stitched hem at the top. A gold and red paper label is pasted on one side of each sock.

Culture
Korean
Material
nylon fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket376/2

White and green jacket. The jacket is made of shiny stiff white fabric with a woven pattern of roundels enclosing a stylized character. The centre opening overlaps to the right when fastened with long green ribbon ties. The deep V neckline has appliqué green facing. The left outer facing is rounded at the lower edge, while the right is straight and projects beyond the front edge. The neck is finished with a narrow outer facing or collar of white paper covered with sheer fabric. There is a seam down the centre back. The long sleeves are set in with a straight seam and a convex curve on the lower edge, narrowing to the wrist. There is a green band around the wrists. Thin green inner ties are sewn to the right inner facing and the left underarm seam. The inner lining is fine white nylon mesh, with an interfacing of coarser nylon mesh.

Culture
Korean
Material
nylon fibre, paper and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.37

A small flat bag made of dark blue silk damask with an overall pattern of lozenges and small circles. At the top, the blue 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. The cord ends at the front with elaborate knots, culminating in five loops. Fastened to the three centre loops, there are stuffed triangles, one each of pink, yellow, and light green silk. Attached to the lower edge of each triangle, there are three, four, and five tabs, respectively, of silk fabric in various colours. Each triangle is embroidered with floral motifs and each has pompoms on the side points. The tabs fastening the top point of the yellow and pink triangles to the cord are wrapped in strips of silver and gold paper, respectively.

Culture
Korean
Material
rayon fibre, dye, cotton fibre, silk fibre, gold metal, silver metal and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.36

A small flat bag made of light blue-green and burgundy silk damask embroidered on both sides. At the top, the light blue-green fabric is joined to a red silk lining with an invisible seam held flat by groups of very fine stitches. 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 pink cylindrical cord. The lower edge and the triangular projections at the sides of the bag are made of the burgundy silk which has been appliquéd onto the other fabric. Many motifs are embroidered onto the bag, all of which are heavily outlined in bright gold couching, sometimes with double threads. Motifs include stylized waves and rocks on the burgundy part with a swastika on each side at the bottom centre. On the pale blue-green part, there is a stylized Chinese ? character on each side at the top, below which, there is a fungus-like shape on the back. On the front, there is a stylized Chinese ? character, below which, there are two fungus-like shapes. Below this, there are two Chinese ? characters and a fungus-like design coming out of a rainbow-patterned circular form. The pink cord is worked into an elaborate knot ending in four loops and two knotted ends at the front and is knotted forming double loops on the back.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye and gold metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.34

A small round bag made of red silk damask lined with white cotton fabric. Top of the bag is closed with pleating threaded onto two red cords joined at the ends with elaborate red, and gold knots and four tassels, two at each end. Two tassels are light green and pink while the other two are dark blue and yellow. All tassels are wrapped with gold thread at the top. Each tassel thread ends in a tiny circle. The upper edge of the bag is folder under to join the white cotton lining with an invisible seam. There are embroidered designs, some with gold couching, on both surfaces of the bag. On one side, there are four Korean? characters in different colours, below which, there are floral images. Below them, at the centre, there are two birds facing each other on a rainbow pattern. The other side of the bag is embroidered with pink and yellow flowers on green stems.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal and cotton fibre
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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PantsEd1.332

Light pink rayon trousers with white motifs. The trousers have a white straight waistband from which the legs angle outwards. There is a continuous seam on the inner edge of the legs and rounded crotch. There are second seams on the front and back, about one third of the width away from the centre seam. There is an additional seam on the front and back, angling away from the centre of the crotch to the leg seams. Both the outer fabric and lining are constructed in the same way and joined with invisible seams at the edges. The designs on the fabric are floral, butterfly, bat, cloud and circle motifs. The inside lining is unbleached cotton.

Culture
Korean
Material
rayon fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fur-lined VestEd1.330

Short vest made of green silk brocade patterned with flowers that look like chrysanthemums and apricot blossoms in shades of pink and green, and black designs of cranes, books ?, and a tripod urn. The vest is edged with pink piping and white rabbit fur, and lined with mottled dark rabbit fur. The front panels have a rounded bottom edge. The neckline is a deep V curving up into points at the centre front. It is edged with a narrow facing of white fabric woven in a geometric pattern, sewn on top of an outer facing with rounded lower corners, made of the green fabric and with the pattern aligned.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, rabbit skin, paste adhesive, rayon fibre ? and paper
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fur-lined VestEd1.329

Short vest made of red silk brocade patterned with flowers that look like chrysanthemums and apricot blossoms in shades of grey, light blue-green and green. The vest is edged with black piping and white rabbit fur, and lined with white rabbit fur. The front edges are angled in to meet at the lower centre front. The neckline is a deep V curving up into points at the centre front. It is edged with a narrow facing of white fabric woven in a geometric pattern, sewn on top of an outer facing with rounded lower corners, made of the same red fabric and with the pattern aligned. Small panels of the same fabric are inserted under the arms.

Culture
Korean
Material
rayon fibre, dye, rabbit skin, paste adhesive and paper
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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