Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Rank badge for a civil official of the fifth rank. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a silver pheasant on a ground of clouds, surrounded by auspicious symbols. Diagonal lines at the bottom signify the ocean.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- mid- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1941-31-40
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Rank badge
- Medium
- Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered with satin and couching stitches on gauze weave
- Dimensions
- H x W: 29.6 × 23.3 cm (11 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
- made in
- China
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1941-31-40
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49f7832bc-cca5-4dbe-bde7-0d77eb80b55b
