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1700

Medium: Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: Pekin stitch and couching on satin weave ground
Genre: Embroidery & stitching
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Mandarin square (P'u tzu) for civil official of the eighth rank. Embroidery in colored silks and gold thread shows quail against a golden sky, with cloud and water forms and auspicious symbols. Lined with blue silk.