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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Mandarin square, Rank badge

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

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

Techniques

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

Materials

silk, bead

Dimensions

Length: 27.9 cm (11 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Roger S. Greene

Object Number

63.033.4

Type

  • Costume

Exhibition History

The Applied Image
Mar 11, 1998 – Jun 21, 1998

Label copy

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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Unknown Maker, Chinese
Mandarin square, Rank badge, late 1800s-early 1900s
Silk; gauze, embroidered with silk and metallic thread and glass beads in couching and satin stitch
Length: 27.9 cm (11 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Roger S. Greene 63.033.4

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