A Pair of Rank Badges with Single Crane Motif
Cleveland Museum of Art

A Pair of Rank Badges with Single Crane Motif

1800s

Silk, satin damask weave; silk thread embroidery
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Many different types of stitches are used in this pair of rank badges. One of them is the couching stitch that uses a thicker foundation thread and a thinner thread. In this work, gold thread is used as the foundation thread.

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