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"title": "Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea",
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"title": "Hwarot: Wedding Robes of the Joseon Dynasty",
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"did_you_know": "This bride's robe is made of densely embroidered silk, but its collar and sleeves are covered in thick paper.",
"description": "This bride's robe is exquisitely embroidered with various symbols of happiness in colorful silk threads. Butterflies stand for marital happiness; the phoenix, numerous offspring; and lotus flowers and white cranes, longevity. Yet, the bridal robe does not attest to the life of luxury. To the contrary, many traces of repairs, trimmings, and patchwork, reflect Joseon period women\u2019s commitment to value neo-Confucian aesthetics of frugality and modesty.
Substantial repairs and patching reveal that this robe served as an important communal resource to be shared and passed down through several generations. Its collar and sleeves are covered in thick white paper; this paper is replaced with new paper for each bride, while the robe itself was reused for decades.",
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"citation": "Kwon, Hea-jin and Ji-yeon Kim. \u201cStudy on the Formative Characteristics of Embroidery Panels of Hwarot at the Victoria and Albert Museum [\ube45\ud1a0\ub9ac\uc544 \uc568\ubc84\ud2b8 \ubc15\ubb3c\uad00 \uc18c\uc7a5 \ud65c\uc637\uc758 \uc870\ud615\uc131 \uc5f0\uad6c].\u201d Boksik (2013): 176\u2013188.",
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"citation": "O, Suk-gyeong and Hong Na-young. \u201cThe Usage of Paper in the Costumes of the Joseon Dynasty [\uc870\uc120\uc2dc\ub300 \ubcf5\uc2dd\uc5d0 \uc0ac\uc6a9\ub41c \uc885\uc774\uc2ec\uc5d0 \uad00\ud55c \uc5f0\uad6c].\u201d Boksik (2015): 75\u201391.",
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"citation": "McCormick, Sooa Im. \"Stitches empowered: Korean embroidery arts form the Joseon Dynasty\" Orientations 51, no. 1 (January/February 2020): 60\u201367.",
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"citation": "\"Gold Needles: Celebrating the stunning embroidery of anonymous Korean women.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 32-33.",
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"citation": "Exhibitions--Extended Dates. \u201cGold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 4-5.",
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"citation": "Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and \uad6d\uc678\uc18c\uc7ac\ubb38\ud654\uc7ac\uc7ac\ub2e8. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hu\u0306i. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.",
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