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Source Description
Traditionally, square silk badges with embroidered birds and animals were worn on the front and back of official costumes. Rather than simple ornaments, rank badges represent the status of the wearer, with different animals indicating the hierarchy of ranks. The single crane, as on these rank badges, was worn by civil officials of the fourth or higher ranks.
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Document identity
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370716
label
Rank Badge with Single Crane Motif
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object
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Source metadata
id
370716
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object
title
Rank Badge with Single Crane Motif
description
Traditionally, square silk badges with embroidered birds and animals were worn on the front and back of official costumes. Rather than simple ornaments, rank badges represent the status of the wearer, with different animals indicating the hierarchy of ranks. The single crane, as on these rank badges, was worn by civil officials of the fourth or higher ranks.
date
1800s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79877672
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.)
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
accession
2019.78.2
Source extras
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Silk, satin damask weave; silk thread embroidery
tombstone
Rank Badge with Single Crane Motif (단학흉배), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Silk, satin damask weave; silk thread embroidery; 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2019.78.2
titleInOriginalLanguage
단학흉배
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
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.
citations
citation
Chung, Young Yang, <em>Silken Threads: A History of Embroidery in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam</em>, New York, 2005.
citation
<em>Rank Badges </em>[흉배]. Seoul: National Folk Museum of Korea, 2000.
citation
<em>Embroidery Patterns</em> [문양]. Seoul: Daewonsa, 2004.
citation
Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 347, no. 002
creditline
Alma Kroeger Fund
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2026-05-29 08:57:26.709000
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370716
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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Silk, satin damask weave; silk thread embroidery
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photo
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