ABSTRACT
Because pojagi, Korean wrapping cloths, were such an integral part of everyday life among all classes of people in Korea during the Chosŭn dynasty (1392–1910) and until the 1950s, scarcely any attention was paid to these functional and ever-present objects for many centuries, and their unusual beauty remained unnoticed. It was not until the late 1960s—when Mr. Huh Dong-hwa, the director of the Museum of Korean Embroidery, first recognized an esthetic value in these wrapping cloths and began to collect them—that their striking beauty captured people’s attention. Since the 1980s many exhibitions have been organized in Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United States to showcase the stunning beauty of pojagi made by Korean women. 1
