Insignia Badge

Date1825 - 1850

Place of ManufactureAsia

MediumMaterial: silk; gold threads

DimensionsOverall (mount measurement - 39.2cm wide, 38.2 cm height): 28.5 x 30 cm

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART

Credit LineGift of Helen Jahnke, Courtesy of the Council for Canadian American Relationsand Textile

Object number2010.021.022

DescriptionThe square badge has a dark blue background with coloured details of a central egret (indicating sixth civil rank) above water surrounded with flowering branches and clouds. The image is surrounded with a narrow border on all four sides with a small repeating arrowhead pattern.
Colour: blue, beige, yellow, orange

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