This study examines 65 clothing relics excavated from the grave of Kim I-gyo and analyzes their characteristics by comparing them with artifacts from other contemporary male graves. First, a total of 65 items were excavated from Kim’s grave, consisting of 13 seubui (shrouds), 11 soryeom garments, 3 daeryeom garments, 25 bogong items, 7 burial-preparation tools (yeomsup jegu), and 6 coffin-decoration tools (chigwan jegu). Second, only single-layered and double-layered garments were found; padded and quilted garments were absent. The types of clothes included jeokcho-ui, jungdan, husoo, sang, danryeong, cheollik, dopo, dongdari, jeonbok, simui, changui, jungchimak, sochangui, jeogori, and trousers. Third, the construction method of the skirt (sang) of ceremonial attire (jobok) followed the 18th-century method of attaching the hem band first and then making pleats, rather than the 19th-century method of pleating first and finishing the hem. Fourth, the collar opening of the danryeong from Kim’s grave measured 28–29 ㎝, and the sleeve width was 63–69 ㎝, indicating wide sleeves (gwangsu). Fifth, in the cheollik, the right sleeve was detachable when worn, and the ratio of the upper garment (ui) to skirt (sang) length was 1:1.85–1.90, showing that the skirt portion was considerably longer than the upper garment. Sixth, the sleeve width of the dopo was 64.5 ㎝, and that of the changui was 64 ㎝, both indicating wide sleeves. Seventh, the fabric used for the length, front panel, and sleeves of the dongdari, as well as for the jeonbok, was wonyongmun-neung silk, while the sleeves of the dongdari were made of wonyongmun-dan silk. Eighth, plain textiles without patterns included silk (ju), plain satin (mumundan), gauze (cho), three-weft gauze (samjok-hangra), and hemp cloth. Patterned artifacts totaled 12 items, including fabrics with munju, cloud-treasure patterns (unbomun-sa, unbomun-dan), dragon roundel patterns (wonyongmun-neung, wonyongmun-dan), and doryu-bulsu patterned satin. These results indicate that these artifacts are closely aligned with relics excavated from the graves of Kim Gi-seong (?–1811) and Hong Hui-jun (1761–1841).
Jong-Suk Keum (Tue,) studied this question.