Korean Folk Art: Furniture [005]

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Title Korean Folk Art: Furniture [005]
Photo Number Box 42, Korea, Seoul, Folk Arts Museum, 28
Description Close-up photo of a mother-of-pearl inlaid wooden chest with brass fittings on display in the Folk Art Museum in Seoul, Korea, in 1978. The circular pattern in the center of each door is possibly a version of the "Double Hee" which represents happiness for a husband and wife
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Furniture--Korea--Exhibitions--Photographs; Chests--Korea--Photographs; Museums--Korea--Photographs; Korea; Korea (South); Folk art; Art, Korean; Museums; Exhibitions; Furniture; Mother-of-pearl
Keywords Seoul; Korean culture; Displays; Wooden chest; Double hee; Tierney
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Seoul (Korea)
Caption on Slide Chest Folk Arts Museum Seoul, Korea.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6d79tkm
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 333480
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d79tkm