Korean Traditional Furniture Exhibition

The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago's Traditional Furniture Special Exhibition to Celebrate the Lunar New Year, an exhibition of donated furniture pieces that focuses on its beauty in woodgrain and craftsmanship. Itungjang, an antique Korean two-story chest featuring zelkova elm frame with brass accents. The butterfly brass decoration symbolizes a life of prosperity and joy. Yakjang, a wooden medicine cabinet with multiple drawers for sorting, separating, and storing basic first aid medicine. Donggwae, gwae is a box-shaped chest that holds various items. Don translates to money, therefore donggwae is a money box for storing money. Three-story stacking chest that is made with the lacquerware technique inlaid with mother-of-pearl decoration, mainly used by women, is in three separate pieces to be stacked on top of the pedestal. Chest that is made of persimmon wood of at least 100 years old with black ink markings were formed naturally through time, was used by women to store clothes. Dalhangari, traditional Korean white porcelain that was made during the late half of Joseon dynasty. The name moon jar comes from its shape and milky color of the glaze to resemble the coloration of the full moon.