Korean Ich Un Nong Butterfly Cabinet - Ca 1910 Chest Practical as well as decorative

Practical as well as decorative

This one appears to come from Andhra Pradesh

adding both visual interest and practical function

and an ironworker

They also are the natural enemy of nagas & snakes

Korean Ich Un Nong Butterfly Cabinet - Ca 1910 Chest Practical as well as decorativeThis compact, practical, and attractive Korean cabinet dates to circa 1910. This style of cabinet would have been owned by a relatively wealthy family and would have been used for storing seasonal clothes in the women's quarters of the home, specifically the women's inner room (anbang). This traditional form of cabinet is called ich'ung nong (two unit stacked clothing chest) and can be distinguished by the two identical stacking storage units on a