Back Apron for the Royal Ceremonial Robe (late 1800s–early 1900s): Art, History and Details

Back Apron for the Royal Ceremonial Robe (late 1800s–early 1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This is a set of royal ceremonial robe and accessories worn by a high-ranking court official for attending special state ceremonies. The set consists of an inner coat, an outer coat, a skirt, a back apron, a crown, a pair of jade tassels, a tablet, and a belt.

Object facts

• Title: Back Apron for the Royal Ceremonial Robe
• Date: late 1800s–early 1900s
• Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
• Type: Garment
• Technique: red pile weave, wool or silk, embroidered with silk (polychromatic); red silk, gauze weave; white silk, gauze weave; green silk fringe; metal ring embellishments
• Dimensions: Overall: 73 x 69.2 cm (28 3/4 x 27 1/4 in.)
• Collection: Textiles
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1918.551.d

Collection credit

General Income Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Choe, Yeon-woo. "A Study on the Court uniform Worn by Government Officials in Late Joseon Dynast [조선후기 관원 조복(朝服)의 구성과 형태 연구].” Hanbok munhwa (2015): 131-148.
• Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
• Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.

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