Category: 1970s

1970s

Flowers on a Purple Ground — Korean Wallpaper from the Late 1960s to Early 1970s

A lilac-gray ground, painterly flowers, and richer color layers mark a stylistic shift in Korean wallpaper from dense two-color patterning toward softer…

1970s

An Unfamiliar Homeland — Translated Landscape, Romanticized Joseon

A 1960s–70s Korean scenic wallpaper turns pavilions, gates, and water into a picturesque landscape, revealing how “Joseon” could be translated through a…

1970s

Silkless Silk Walls — Korean Damask Wallpaper of the 1970s

Printed in only two colors on pulp paper, this 1970s Korean wallpaper compresses the long European damask tradition into an affordable domestic…

1970s

Dignity in Brown and Gold: The Aesthetics of the 1970s ‘Western-Style’ Ceiling Wallpaper

1. The Four-Leaf Grid and the Functional Definition of a ‘Ceiling-Only’ Wallpaper This wallpaper exemplifies a type of 1970s Korean wallpaper designed…

1970s

The Little Flowerpot on the Wall: A Korean Translation of the Western Medallion

1. A Western ‘Medallion Floral’ Layout Built from Repeating Flowerpots The underlying structure of this pattern, found in early 1970s Korean wallpaper,…

1970s

Gilded Grid: The Western Classical Ceiling, Translated into Korean Print

1. Structure and Ornament: A Western Classical Grammar Reinterpreted and Transformed The most defining structural feature of this pattern begins with a…