Tray for Sewing Tools
1800s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Tray for Sewing Tools, 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; diameter: 33.1 cm (13 1/16 in.); overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1987.42 Many thin layers of lacquer were applied to the tray's leather core. The design was cut into the dry lacquer and then the mother-of-pearl was inserted.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Lacquer
- Formatted Medium
- lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay
- Medium
- lacquer, mother-of-pearl, inlay
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 33.1 cm (13 1/16 in.); Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1987.42
- Credit Line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1987, Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art, Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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