PAINTED FURNITURE

Except for lacquered furniture, which was mostly reserved for the royal household and court members, very few pieces were painted in Korea during the Joseon dynasty. The taste of the period favored Neo-Confucian aesthetics that emphasized natural wood and restraint. In fact, sources and references on this subject are scarce. However some Korean antique furniture […]

METAL INLAY, AN OLD KOREAN CRAFT.

Inlaying, a method known as “ipsa” in Korean, involves cutting lines or grooves into metals like copper and iron, and then filling them with other metals such as gold, silver, and copper to create intricate patterns. Creating these grooves is a challenging task that demands hours of meticulous chiseling. In the art of ipsa, every […]