Here we have a wrap skirt with three layers of loosely ruffled waves that gather at the top in a thin, simple tie. On each layer, there are varying decorative elements. The top layer has repeated geometric shapes that create abstract circles reminiscent of flowers, crosses wtih pointed ends, and zigzags. Small scallops of blue run along diagonally, and there are golden circles in the middle of the pointed crosses. The middle layer has similarly abstract patterns of different zigzagging lines, one with a small hint of gold running vertically. The bottom layer has additional lines of decor, side by side in tightly repeated dots, links, and triangles. Overall, the colors are not contrasting, making the skirt appear overlapping brown, dark purple, dark gray shades.

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Object Timeline

2007	Work on this object began.
2016	We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We exhibited this object. Work on this object ended.
2022	We acquired this object.
2024	You found it!

Eungie Skirt

This is a Eungie skirt. It was designed by Christina Kim and manufactured by dosa, inc..

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from dosa, inc. as part of Scraps.

It is dated 2007 - present and we acquired it in 2022. Its medium is hand-spun, hand-woven brocaded cotton jamdani scraps, pieced, reverse-appliquéd, overdyed in ray, cut and sewn.

This object was donated by Christina Kim. It is credited Gift of Christina Kim.

Skirt (China)
hemp.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2009-36-3

Skirt (China)
silk embroidery, silk foundation.
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson.
1941-31-31

Print, Isaac Mizrahi Advertisement
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co..
1993-151-305

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Skirt Panel (England)
cotton.
1991-18-23

Floating Vessel Vase
hand-sculpted frit porcelain with in-body blue pigmented porcelain at the....
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
2014-24-1

Rain Cloak (kappa) (Japan)
cotton (recycled fiber).
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2009-36-1

Its dimensions are

H x W (as photographed): 69.9 × 68.6 cm (27 1/2 × 27 in.)

Cite this object as

Eungie Skirt; Designed by Christina Kim (American, born South Korea, 1957); Manufactured by dosa, inc.; hand-spun, hand-woven brocaded cotton jamdani scraps, pieced, reverse-appliquéd, overdyed in ray, cut and sewn; H x W (as photographed): 69.9 × 68.6 cm (27 1/2 × 27 in.); Gift of Christina Kim; 2022-26-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Scraps.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/DasRR/
Accession Number 2022-26-4
Object ID 420556715