The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
A Pair of Rank Badges with Single Crane Motif
1800s
(1392–1910)
object: 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.); Mounted: 43.2 x 78.1 cm (17 x 30 3/4 in.)
Alma Kroeger Fund 2019.78
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
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.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.- ?-2019(Kang Collection, New York, NY, ?-2019, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)2019-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2019-present
- Chung, Young Yang, Silken Threads: A History of Embroidery in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, New York, 2005.Rank Badges [흉배]. Seoul: National Folk Museum of Korea, 2000.Embroidery Patterns [문양]. Seoul: Daewonsa, 2004.McCormick, Sooa Im, Jung-Wha Kim, William Griswold, Seung-Hae Yi, Byungmo Chung, and Young Chae. Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts From Korea / Sooa Im McCormick, Curator. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2020. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 8Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 347, no. 002
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