The Analytical Study and Conservation of a Rank Badge of the Qing Dynasty

Kisook Suh
Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice

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Title
The Analytical Study and Conservation of a Rank Badge of the Qing Dynasty
Contributor Names
Suh, Kisook (Author)
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice (Degree granting institution)
Koslin, Désirée G., 1944- (Thesis advisor)
Montegut, Denyse (Thesis advisor)
Date
2004
Degree Information
M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2004.
Department: Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice.
Advisors: Koslin, Desiree; Montegut, Denyse.
Abstract
This qualifying paper includes both the historical and analytical study as well as the conservation treatment of a rank badge of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1910). This rank badge was chosen from the Graduate Study Collection of the Graduate School of The Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Since the textile had no label or record of provenance, it was approached as a complete unknown textile needing basic research. Historical research, issues of documentation, conservation ethics, condition reports, treatment proposals and reports, handling and storage practices will all be discussed in this thesis, as well as the methodology selected for the analytical study and conservation of a textile such as this Chinese rank badge.
Research was done to identify the origin and date of the textile and to understand the textile in its historical context. In Chapter I, a brief history of rank badges is included in order to understand the historical background of the textile. The style and structure of the rank badge were analyzed in view of the connoisseurship study in Chapter II. Some rank badges in other museum collections were also examined as comparative examples of a certain style.
Scientific methods were studied and tested to decide on an appropriate conservation treatment. Before making a decision on a conservation treatment, necessary scientific analyses and tests were done in Chapter III, employing optical microscopy and Schweppe’s dye test methods for material identification. Chapter IV covers the normal flow of conservation practice and documentation, from making a condition report to a storage proposal. Also covered in Chapter IV is the code of ethics in textile conservation to be used as a guideline to make sound conservation plans.
Subject
Badges
Dress accessories--China--History--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
Costume--Conservation and restoration
Birds in art
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FIT Repository ID: etd_000905
pqdiss: 29395859
ISBN: 9798351455259
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Language
eng
Publisher
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Suh, K. (2004). The Analytical Study and Conservation of a Rank Badge of the Qing Dynasty [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/9883
Suh, Kisook. The Analytical Study and Conservation of a Rank Badge of the Qing Dynasty. 2004. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/9883
Suh, Kisook. "The Analytical Study and Conservation of a Rank Badge of the Qing Dynasty." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2004. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/9883