Journal of the Korean Society of Costume (복식)
- Volume 21
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- Pages.19-30
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- 1993
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- 1229-6880(pISSN)
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- 2287-7827(eISSN)
A DEVELOPMENT OF WOOL FABRICS FOR NAME KOREAN Wool Fabrics From Ancient To Koryo
명각으로 본 모직물의 개건 -고대부터 고려시대까지-
Abstract
There are record that ancient Korean WOOl fabrics male from sheep, camel, rabbit. bear, horse. calile, raccoon dog, fox and so on. Wool fiber fabriher were also reported Kye, Gal, China, Tap Dung, Kuyu anul ram. These wool fabrics wre named amongling to their fineness and weaving method in the fabric. Technology of wool fabric weaving was developed and from Sam Kuk dynasties to to Koryo Dynasty wool fabrics were reported to weave and trade to China, Japan and Arabia. These fabrics were mainly used as clothes, rugs or blankets. In Koryo Dynasty, especially Kye Kurn was used for trading goods to China. There is another record that two thousand sheep, camels offord Koryo by Yo and Kum Dynasty. In this study, the characteristics of Korean wool fabrics will be disscussed from the literature survey of the relevant references.
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