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Exhibition Name
Reading Desk
- Nationality/Period
Japanese Colonial Period
- Materials
Wood
- Category
Housing - Daily Utensils - Furniture - Book Table
- Dimensions
H. 30.0cm, 26.6x89.3cm
- Accession Number
Sinsu 9499
- Location
Wood and Lacquer Crafts
This writing desk is eminently suitable for a Korean traditional house. In the past, the seat behind the desk in the sarangbang (male quarters) would have been reserved for the family head. This desk consists of a top board, layer board, and two legs which are decorated with flower-shaped holes.