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| Home > Permanent Exhibitions > Lacquered Woodcraft Gallery > Furniture in Women’s Quarters |
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Anbang was a place where the family were gathered, children reared, and house chores taken care of, and it was decorated to produce a warm and bright ambience. Different from the furniture in the chambers, Anbang furniture mostly used zelkova tree, black persimmon tree, and ash tree with the fine grains, and elaborate mother-of-pearl or hwagak (painting a picture over a bull’s horn thinly spread out) was sometimes applied. Inside anbang were chests for storing clothes, racks for hanging long robes, a single chest of drawers set at the bedside for storing goods and stationery chest. Combs, long hairpins, chignon ornaments, and cosmetics were placed inside dressers or a comb cabinet, and sewing kits in the sewing basket. Bookholders and reading tables were also needed for reading books and teaching children at home.
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This mirror-attached box contained make-up kit. It was also called the 'sitting mirror'. It developed to a point where the women would used it when applying make-up and fold it away when they were done. This is the typical mirror box that used to be manufactured in Boseong and Naju regions of Jeolla Province. On every surface made from the gingko tree were loosely but boldly engraved pine trees, deer, clouds and cranes. |
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The table was used when reading the Buddhist scripture or books and writing. This type of writing desk was originally used in Buddhist temples where the monks spread out the rolls of scripture on the table and read them. On either side of the writing surface was a shingle. |
| It began to be used in homes at the end of the 16th century. This writing desk has the surface decorated with mother-of-pearl Ten Longevity Symbols, and legs and other parts are also beautifully adorned with mother-of-pearl lotus. |
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This piece of furniture was kept at headside to store things inside or put on top. The headside chest in men's quarters had the top surface made similar to that of a writing desk so that the top board could be detached. |
| However, the headside chest in women's quarters was a miniature of the closet and thus was called the 'baby chest' or 'sock chest.' This headside chest used zelkova tree whose grain is exceptional. The feet of the chest are rounded inward and round brass decorations were attached to produce a more feminine effect. |
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Clothing and fabric were stored in this compartmentalized closet. The closet, having derived from a box, was an important part of women's dowry and sensitive to the lastest trend. In this closet made of panels, the bottom compartment was used for storing clothes that were out of season, and the top compartment was where everyday clothing and frequently used items were kept. Mostly zelkova and pine trees were used. |
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