1960s Korean Vintage Wallpaper — Yungcheol (original / Faded Orange)

Yungcheol was discovered in multiple 1960s-era hanoks on Ganghwa Island, including the 1945 hanok in Heungwang-ri now known as Manisanbang. Its primary use was as gubdoriji — a border paper applied from floor level to approximately 30–60cm height, or around door frames, to protect the most-handled surfaces of an ondol room from foot contact and cleaning. Sold in single sheets rather than rolls at the time, it was also used to line the insides of wardrobes and desk drawers, wrap the interiors of boxes, and as decorative mounting paper for frames. The pattern’s structure — a small diamond unit filled with dots and lines, tiled in an all-over repeat — belongs to the tradition of Western diaper and Japanese komon (小紋), both optimized for industrial printing. But the visual grammar of the diamond grid runs deeper in Korean material culture: it echoes the neunghwapan (菱花板), the carved wood-block used in Joseon to print diamond-lattice patterns onto book covers and wall papers. What appears to be an imported industrial check is, in its geometry, a continuation of a centuries-old Korean printing tradition. The pattern’s practical virtues — stains invisible at this scale, seamless in any orientation — made it the most versatile finishing paper of the era. GOSATE’s reproduction digitally restores the original pattern, printed on premium non-woven base paper manufactured in Sweden. Available in two colorways: Original and Faded Orange.   Roll size : 50cm by 10M Material : Non-woven paper Made in Sweden, Designed in Korea