Image

Chinese

Mandarin square, Rank badge, late 1800s - early 1900s

Description

Maker

Culture

Chinese

Title

Mandarin square, Rank badge

Year

late 1800s - early 1900s

Medium

Silk; gauze, embroidered with silk and metallic thread and glass beads in couching and satin stitch

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

Length: 27.9 cm (11 inches)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Roger S. Greene

Object Number

63.033.4

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Applied Image

March 11 - June 21, 1998

In couching, a single thread (or multiple threads) is held to the surface by looping another thread over it. This stitch was often used to attach brilliant gold threads to formal and imperial robes.

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Rank badge, late 1800s - early 1900s

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