1960s
The ‘All-Purpose Check’: Border Wallpaper Born from the Wisdom of the Ondol Room
1. The ‘All-Purpose Check’ Gubdoriji: Born from the Living Wisdom of the Ondol Room This humble checkered wallpaper was a true all-purpose…
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1960s
Fabric Woven from Paper: The Phantom of the Hydrangea
1. Paper Woven into Fabric: The Phantom of the Hydrangea The first thing that registers in this early 1960s wallpaper pattern is…
1960s
A Net of Lace: The Cartouche Grid and the Longing for a Western Salon
1. A ‘Lace Net’ Pattern Woven from Cartouches This wallpaper begins by printing tiny oval dots densely onto a pulp paper ground,…
1960s
Folding the Screen onto the Wall: The Cloud Cartouche and the Pine-Crane Wallpaper of the 1960s
1. An Organic Structure in Which Small Folding Screens Wrap the Entire Wall Each repeating unit of this wallpaper is composed like…
1960s
An All-Over Vineyard in a Single Color: The Grape Wallpaper and Its Two Lineages
1. An ‘All-Over Vineyard’ Realized in a Single Ink Color This wallpaper exemplifies a classic early 1960s pattern: grape clusters, leaves, and…
1960s
1. Anatomy of a Design: A Three-Step Tile, an Illusion of Volume
1. Anatomy of a Design: A Three-Step Tile, an Illusion of Volume The basic unit of this pattern is not a flower…