Seoul women’s ordinary clothes

Visit to the Land of Morning Calm

portrait

Archive

Accession Nr.: A.4760.2.23.6.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
ca. 1900
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Signed: Below the photo: Dezső Bozóky's handwriting:
The normal attire of Seoul women
Materials/Techniques: collodion print
Dimensions: height: 13 cm
width: 8.3 cm
The album containing Dezső Bozóky's travelphotos (second). Related item: A.4760.2. (album). Unknown photographer. Photograph purchased by Dezső Bozóky. Upper-class women were seldom allowed to leave their homes, and were not supposed to show their faces when appearing in public. The coat-shaped garment was used as a veil, to cover the head and the face.