Rank badge
date: label: Date
content: mid- 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rank badge for a civil official of the fifth rank. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a silver pheasant facing a sun disk, on a ground of clouds and surrounded by auspicious symbols. Diagonal lines at bottom and meandering key border.
place: label: made in
content: China
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-44
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Rank badge
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered with split, stem, and couching stitches on satin weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 27.5 × 28 cm (10 13/16 in. × 11 in.)