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Gold-leaf stamped cloth
금박보金箔褓geumbakbo
A geumbakbo is a silk bojagi stamped with gold-leaf patterns, used chiefly to wrap wedding gifts.
- Meaning
- 'gold-leaf wrapper' (金箔 gold leaf + 褓)
- Made of
- Silk, gold leaf
- Era
- 19th-20th c.
Gold leaf or powder stamped onto silk. Used for wedding gifts; one example carries 囍, paired phoenixes and 多男.
In museum collections
History & tradition
Late Joseon to 20th century
Gold-leaf stamping (금박) was a costly technique of the court and upper class. On bojagi it marked cloths for special occasions, especially weddings, with characters such as 囍 (double happiness) and 多男 (many sons) and paired phoenixes.
The Met says only that its example was 'likely' used for a wedding gift.
Researched with medium confidence.
Sources for this entry
판보panbo