19th C. Chinese Silver Pheasant Rank Badge Embroidery on Silk language play making for wonderfully graphic pattens--and

making for wonderfully graphic pattens--and an easier to manage frame

Tuesday Aug

with a light fold midway down

but this is quite different I'm not sure

but I think it is pretty fantastic

19th C. Chinese Silver Pheasant Rank Badge Embroidery on Silk language play making for wonderfully graphic pattens--andAlways learning! I found this beautiful antique embroidery on silk the other day in Maine and knew it was a special thing, and have since learned about Chinese Rank Badges, of which it is one. Rank Badges (also called rank insignia or Mandarin squares) were used in China during the Ming (13681644) and Qing (16441911) dynasties to demonstrate the wearers rankbirds for civil officials and animals for military officials. During the Qing dynasty rank