Wedding Chest with Papered Front / Artist Unknown, Korea
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.313
- Title
- Wedding Chest with Papered Front
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- wood with painted paper on front
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
- Dimensions
- 23.7 cm x 63.8 cm x 30 cm (9 5/16 in. x 25 1/8 in. x 11 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Furniture and Furniture Accessories
- Primary Object Type
- chest
- Physical Description
- A short, long wooden chest with a papered front. The metal fittings on the chest are vert dark, and the front latch is attached to the chest with a circular piece of metal, and the latch itself is a thin piece of metal placed vertically. A small metal handle is located below this. The wood is a dark red color, and the papered front depicts flowers, with the predominant color being yellow. Orange is also used in some of the flowers, and on the circular shapes spaced along the bottom of the image. The outlines of the flowers and other images are painted in black.
- Subject Matter
- Box likely used in traditional game played in relation to Korean wedding. In the game, the groom’s best friend would bring a wedding box to the bride, from whom he would then, in a humorous way, try to extract payment. Inside the box would be fabric, jewelry, and symbols of fertility such as silk thread, silkworm cocoons, and red paper. After the ceremony, the box would be kept in the woman’s private quarters.
- Secondary Keywords
- case furniture
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture by form or function
- objects we use
- storage and display furniture
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2004/1.313
- Link to this Item
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"Wedding Chest with Papered Front; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.313/2004_1_313.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.