Patterns for the Queen Consort’s Ceremonial Robe and Front Cloth Panel

Jeogui was originally a ceremonial robe worn as official court dress by empresses in China; in Korea, queens began wearing it as formal attire from the end of the Goryeo period. Pyeseul is a decorative panel that hung vertically down the front to cover the knees when wearing formal court robes or ritual vestments. These artefacts are Joseon-period patterns for making a jeogui and pyeseul: several sheets of traditional window paper (changhoji) were joined together, and the exact size, shape and pattern of the finished garment were drawn onto them. The jeogui pattern shows pairs of pheasants facing each other against a pale blue ground, with four-coloured floral motifs filling the space between each facing pair; the hem was formed from thick red paper, on which dragons and clouds were drawn. The pyeseul pattern is divided into three sections across its width, each containing a facing pair of pheasants, with a dragon drawn along each side of the border. A jeogui made using this pattern is held in the Sejong University Museum. The jeogui and pyeseul patterns are regarded as material as important as the actual garments for reproducing the jeogui and pyeseul of the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산