국립수목원 산림박물관 소장 전통 목가구의 연륜연대 및 수종 분석

Analysis of Species and Tree-Ring Dating of Traditional Furniture in Forest Museum of Korea National Arboretum

We present the species and the dendrochronological dates of Korean traditional furni-ture in Forest Museum Collection of Korea National Arboretum. Seven of thirteen were suc-cessfully dated. Chest with a flap door (84-55-1) was dated A. D. 1623. Others dated were cab-inet (83-41-1: A. D. 1759), Chest with a turnover door (83-39-1; A. D. 1801), Cabinet with two horizontal section (88-39; A. D. 1843), Rice chest (82-27-3; A. D. 1849), Cabinet with two horizontal section (83-40-2; A. D. 1877), Chest with a flap door (84-50; A. D. 1918). Most of existing cabinets were made in 1800s. The 84-55-1 chest was one of the earliest pieces of furni-ture in the collections of Korea museums. The furniture is usually composed one species. The major species was Pinus densiflora. Bedside cabinet (83-41-1) and Cabinet with two horizontal section (88-39) were made from Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis). Becasue they were dated by the tree-ring chronology of Mt. Bekdu, the timber of their boards could be from the area of Mt. Bekdu.