Korean Historical Wallpaper · Era Atlas
A century of Korean wallpaper, layered into seven eras.
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— Note 01 —
Pearl, Lily,
and Lattice
A Wallpaper of Convergent Cultures
— Note 02 —
From Lyon
to the Joseon Hanok
A Baroque Damask Scaled Down for the Ondol Room
— Note 03 —
Gyodongdo,
1943
Imperial Ink and the Reality Behind the Wallpaper
— Note 04 —
The Flower of India,
the Neunghwa-pan of Joseon
Two Bloodlines Running Through the Border Wallpaper
— Note 05 —
The All-Purpose
Check
Border Wallpaper Born from the Wisdom of the Ondol Room
— Note 06 —
Bamboo Grove
on Paper
Bamboo in 1960s Korean Wallpaper
— Note 07 —
Dignity in
Brown and Gold
The Aesthetics of the 1970s Western-Style Ceiling Wallpaper
1910s
1930s
1940s
1950s
Early 1960s
Late 1960s
1970s
