by gosatekorea | Apr 17, 2026 | 1940s, Archive & Research, 일제강점기 (말기)
1940년대초에 제작된것으로 추정되는 벽지 원본 스캔 이미지 (Source : Collection of Gosate) 한옥 천장에서 발견된 이 벽지는 첫눈에 낯섭니다. 크라프트지 위로 짙은 청록색 잉크가 두 번에 걸쳐 찍혔습니다. 휘어지는 잎, 단순화된 별꽃, 그리고 화면 전체를 덮은 미세한 격자. 언뜻 보면 전형적인 당초문(唐草紋)의 변주처럼 보이지만, 자세히 들여다보면 익숙한 동아시아 장식 문법과는 다른 결이 느껴집니다. 가장 먼저 눈에 들어오는 것은 바탕을 채운...
by gosatekorea | Feb 11, 2026 | 1940s, Archive & Research
1. Texture Analysis: The Illusion of ‘Fabric’ Woven onto Paper The original Japanese colonial-era wallpaper ‘Soonae,’ discovered in an early 1940s historic home near Byeongyeongseong Fortress in Gangjin, South Jeolla Province, alongside the...
by gosatekorea | Feb 10, 2026 | 1940s, Archive & Research
1. The Byzantine Octagram and Its Two Paths The interlocking cross pattern at the heart of this design originates in the mosaic and decorative arts of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine decorative grammar — defined by its pursuit of geometric precision — spread in...
by gosatekorea | Feb 4, 2026 | 1960s, Archive & Research
1. Visual Density and Simulated Texture: The ‘Paper Fabric’ Created by a Diamond Grid At the center of the pattern sits a large diamond filled with fine hatching in a mesh formation, flanked on all sides by four small square dots that frame it in a sturdy...
by gosatekorea | Feb 4, 2026 | Archive & Research, 1960s
1. The ‘All-Purpose Check’ Gubdoriji: Born from the Living Wisdom of the Ondol Room This humble checkered wallpaper was a true all-purpose scrap paper found in virtually every corner of Korean homes in the early 1960s. Its primary use was as gubdoriji — a...
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...
