Rank badge

mid- 19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Rank badge for a civil official. Embroidered silk showing a bird facing a sun disk surrounded by auspicious symbols. Ground of clouds with diagonal lines at bottom and meandering key border. Lined with blue silk.

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Title: Rank badge
Date Created: mid- 19th century
Location Created: China
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered with counted stitches on gauze weave
Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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China Gauze Silk Textile