Korean wooden movable types preserved in the original forme.
Wooden frame (170 x 300 mm., each type 6 x 5 x 18 mm.). [Korea]: Chosŏn period or early 20th century.
A forme or chase — a rectangular frame into which columns of type are locked in place for printing — filled with wooden movable type, probably from Korea and probably dating from the Chosŏn period. Each piece of type contains one Chinese character carved in relief. When used, ink would be brushed over the type vertically, and a folio sheet of paper pressed against it, thus creating an imprinted page. The page would then be folded in different... More