by gosatekorea | Apr 27, 2026 | Archive & Research, 1970s, Archive & Research
Visual ObservationThis wallpaper begins with a pale purple, almost lilac-gray ground. Over it, flowers and leaves are printed in three colors. Including the ground, the surface contains four visual layers: purple, white petals, dark brown outline and shadow, and pink...
by gosatekorea | Apr 20, 2026 | Archive & Research, 1970s, Archive & Research
A Scene from a Hanok RoomThis wallpaper was found in a small room of a hanok gate building in Gwangju. The house itself was built in 1937, but the wallpaper appears to have been made much later, around the 1960s or 1970s. The original is now gone after the building...
by gosatekorea | Apr 18, 2026 | Archive & Research, 1970s, Archive & Research
Estimated to date from the late 1960s to early 1970s Original wallpaper scan(Source : Collection of Gosate) A Palace on Pulp Paper At first glance this early 1970s Korean wallpaper feels both familiar and strange. White and khaki inks form vertical bands over pulp...
by gosatekorea | Feb 4, 2026 | 1970s, Archive & Research
1. The Four-Leaf Grid and the Functional Definition of a ‘Ceiling-Only’ Wallpaper This wallpaper exemplifies a type of 1970s Korean wallpaper designed from the outset specifically for the ceiling. Soft curves evoking a four-leaf clover extend in all four...
by gosatekorea | Feb 4, 2026 | 1970s, Archive & Research
1. A Western ‘Medallion Floral’ Layout Built from Repeating Flowerpots The underlying structure of this pattern, found in early 1970s Korean wallpaper, is rooted in the Medallion Floral layout — a form with a long tradition in the history of Western...
by gosatekorea | Feb 2, 2026 | 1970s, Archive & Research
1. Structure and Ornament: A Western Classical Grammar Reinterpreted and Transformed The most defining structural feature of this pattern begins with a continuous grid of diamond-shaped frames. This is a form that simplifies and combines the ogee curve — frequently...
