• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.113-128
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• 2013

Those records indicate that Jik-geum Hyoong-bae fabric was imported from China and its period was during the fourteen and fifteen century. Gold threads used in three Jik-geum Hyoong-bae artifacts were all wrapped gold thread and gold thread of Danryeong from Young-dukdong, Yong-in, did not have a base, but instead the gold foil itself was attached to the silk cord. Such form of artifact had never been discovered before in Korea. Wrapped gold thread of Seoknamdong's basis was presumably bamboo paper. Three Jik-geum Hyoong-bae have the same weave structure. The ground is woven in a warp-faced 5-end satin weave. The pattern is brocaded with supplementary gold wefts. Supplementary gold wefts are composed of 1/4 twill binding by the odd number pairs of warps within every group of 10 pairs of warps. All of the Jik-geum Hyoong-bae textile were designed and weaved according to the overlapped collared costume's structure. This is also known as 'Jik-seong-pil-ryo'. One symmetric collared jacket excavated in Seok-namdong, Incheon, only has the right half of Hyoong-bae in the front. This is because symmetric collared jacket was made from overlapped collared costume. Tiger and peacock are the main patterns of Jik-geum Hyoong-bae which have realistic and free screen composition and this shows a huge difference to the later generation's standardized Hyoong-bae pattern.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.159-168
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• 2004

During the Chosun(조선) and Ming(명) Dynasty, embroidered patches called hyoong bae(흉배), were worn on the front and back of official robes worn by courtiers based on class distinction. It was discovered in Jip Sah(Genghis Khan's history books) that the miniatures, patterns used in the Won(원) Period, were passed down to the Ming Dynasty in the $14^{th}$ century. Shape patterns included circles, triangles, squares, and ovals. Other patterns included dragons, deer, leaves, and branches. However it was found that there was no class distinction in wearing these patches. Out of 14 different miniatur, 41 men had worn these patches.