대한제국기 수입기물의 특징과 의미

Abstract

19th century and into the early 20th century, because of the change from traditional furniture to western style furniture, the lifestyle of the royal family changed from a sedentary style to a stand-up style. Changdeokgung Palace was equipped with a number of lights, curtains, western furniture, and interior goods. They adorned the palace, which had a new role as a place of diplomacy during the modern period that, imported for the royal family by trusted foreign visitors. The western style furniture in Changdeokgung Palace was in the Rococo style of France. On the other hands, some furniture was ordered by the Daehan Empire. It was decorated with golden silk symbolizing the imperial family and was carved with plum blossom patterns. By selecting Gyeongungung Palace (present-day Deoksugung Palace) as the new palace for the Daehan Empire in 1897, a western-style building called Seokjojeon Hall was built in the palace. The hall was equipped with British furniture by Messrs Maple & Co, who was in charge of the interior construction. The furniture of Seokjojeon Hall was Queen Anne style, which matched the neoclassical building well with its simple and concise decoration and understated proportion. This change in the palace interior was associated with the banquet culture of the imperial family. Along with this, tableware was also imported for western style banquet from foreign countries. Manufacturing company marks indicating the origin and time of manufacturing were marked on the various kinds of tableware imported from the west. These sets were ordered from Johnson Brothers of the United Kingdom, Pillivuyt of France, Noritake of Japan and others. Among the artifacts of the Daehan Empire, some artifacts show the introduction of western culture. These are the cloisonne artifacts and pottery with their dignified size, which could not be found in the traditional palace interior, and make a new space by focusing on the decorative rather than the necessary. During the Daehan Empire, imported goods actively used in the interior of the palace changed the lifestyle of the palace. Due to their practicality, the imported goods had a sense of modernity. However, it was undeniable that because of the Japanese intervention and the rapidly changing national environment after the collapse of the Daehan Empire that there would be no chance for development of the modern style.