이화여자대학교박물관

This exhibition consisted of some 90 pieces of small wood works divided, as are all wooden artifacts in the possession of the Ewha Womans University Museum, into the following five categories: furniture; small wood works; serving tables with legs; lacquer ware inlaid with mother-of-pearl; and painted ox-horn sheet handicrafts. Small wood works are defined as smaller pieces of furniture or objects that scholars widely used in their studies, such as brush stands, book shelves, small writing stands, cases for hats, ash trays, cases for paper work, and lamp stands. They also include cases for arrows and gunpowder. In spite of their sometimes diminutive stature, many of these wooden objects were beautifully decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay or painted ox-horn sheets, and evidence the refined tastes of Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) literati.