1930s Korean Vintage Wallpaper — Jungja (original / Laurel and Coffee)

Jungja was discovered in a 1937 hanok in Jangseong County, South Jeolla Province. Its repeating unit is a small vase from which leaves and flowers rise like a candelabra, flanked by acanthus and grape-leaf scrolls, with a pineapple-pomegranate-pinecone hybrid fruit below — the classic western ornamental motif of abundance, arranged in a left-right symmetrical damask module that tiles the entire wall surface. The lineage is unmistakably baroque. This structure originates in the silk damask woven in 17th and 18th-century Lyon — fabric that decorated the rooms of European royalty and nobility. After the Industrial Revolution compressed it onto printed paper for the middle-class parlor, the pattern continued its journey east through Japanese printing networks, arriving in a 1937 Joseon hanok with its baroque grammar intact. The material had changed from silk to pulp paper, but the candelabra stem and abundance fruit remained faithful to their Lyon origin. GOSATE’s reproduction digitally restores the original pattern, printed on premium non-woven base paper manufactured in Sweden. Available in two colorways: Original and Laurel and Coffee.   Roll size : 50cm by 10M Material : Non-woven paper Made in Sweden, Designed in Korea