Small table for stationery (yeonsang)

Korean Collection

Accession Nr.: 58.66.1-4
Type: furniture; object for daily use
Date of production:
Early 20th century
Republican period
Place of production:
Materials: maplewood
Techniques: lacquered
Dimensions: height: 26 cm
width: 27.3 cm
length: 40.1 cm
yeonsang ’연상’




Donated by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1958



Another characteristic piece of furniture in traditional men’s room is the small table for stationery (yeonsang). A yeonsang of the Korean collection of the Hopp Museum is made of maplewood coated with lacquer.