Kind · By making
Lined (double) cloth
A gyeopbo is a two-layer bojagi, an outer face sewn to a lining, used for gifts and valued goods.
- Meaning
- 'double cloth' (겹 layered + 보)
- Made of
- Silk (단, 주), cotton
- Era
- Joseon (1392–1910) to today
Two layers, an outer face (겉감) and a lining (안감), sewn together. One palace example uses red satin for both layers, one width each, with blue tassels wrapped in gold paper at the corners.
In museum collections
History & tradition
Joseon to 20th century
Adding a lining made a cloth stronger and hid the reverse of the fabric, so lined cloths were used for valued contents and for gifts. Court records name lined versions of many types, such as the 겹맛보 food cover, and surviving palace gyeopbo are often red satin on both faces with corner tassels. Wedding wrappers were usually lined, often red outside and blue inside or the reverse.
Lined silk bojagi remain the usual wrapper for wedding gifts and the 함.
The red/blue pairing for wedding cloths is the 청홍 convention described for 사주 and 연길 wrapping in the encykorea 혼례 entry.
Researched with medium confidence.