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Registered File number 1992/513.\r\n\r\nAll the work is hand-done by Madame Kim, including dying the yarn.","historicalContext":"See Catalogue for L'art des noeuds maedup, tradition de la parure coréene dans L'oeuvre de Madame Kim Hee-Jin, Paris, Espace Pierre Cardin, 1986. NAL Bibliographic Ref. No.: NC.92.0679. See also register.\r\n\r\nSee catalogue for Che 10 Hoe Han'guk Maedup Chakp'um Chon (!0th Korean Ornamental Knots Exhibition), Seoul: Han'guk Munye Chinhungwon Misul Hoegwan, 1990","briefDescription":"Ornamental pendant by Kim Eun-Young, knotted silk with silver and jade adornments, Korea, 1991","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Wilkinson, Liz. Birds, Bats & Butterflies in Korean Art. London: Sun Tree Publishing, Singapore, 1996, pp.110-111."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"McKillop, Beth. Korean Art and Design. London: V&A Publications, 1992, p.146, fig.66"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kim Eun-Yang, Uri Nara Maedup, Seoul : Jinhwa Publishing Co., 1989"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Turner, J (ed.) The Dictionary of Art Vol.18, London: MacMillan Publishers, 1996, p.380"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kyung-Ja Lee, Norigae: Splendor of the Korean Costume, Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 2005"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Eun-Young Kim, Kim Eun-Young: A Living National Treasure of Traditional Korean Knots, Seoul Gana Art Publisher: Seoul, 2003"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Maedeup, Korean Traditional Knots: Aesthetics of Balance and Symmetry, Museum Member Society of Korea: Seoul, 2004"},{"reference":{"text":"Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. 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The shapes of the knots, tassels and jewels are inspired by nature and daily surroundings, and symbolise longevity, fertility and good fortune. Historically, pendants made of expensive materials like jade were used by women of high status. ","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["FE.426:1-1992"],"accessionNumberNum":"426","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":1992,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2024-01-22","recordCreationDate":"2000-02-03"}}