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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KikoBlueEyes, post: 7642451, member: 8363&quot;]Hi.&nbsp; All Chinese rank badges have a common element: a central figure - a bird for a civil servants and an animal for the military. Yours do not have have these central elements.&nbsp; Also rank badges in my experience are always intended to be worn on clothing.&nbsp; Therefore, rank badges are textiles.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I think you have are patterns embroidered on paper. The following discusses the technique and history of embroidery on paper (see link at the bottom):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Gu Yuchun, a 65-year-old provincial-level craftsman of Chinese intangible cultural heritage, can embroider vivid patterns on Xuan paper, a traditional Chinese art paper, and has further developed the art and promoted it in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>The special form of art originated in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644) from the Gu family’s traditional embroidery techniques of embroidering patterns on paper, according to Gu, who is the 9th generation in his family to inherit the skill</p><p><br /></p><p>Gu has seen his father working on embroidery products with Xuan paper since he was little, and finds the art fascinating. After years of efforts, Gu managed to combine traditional embroidery with Chinese ink painting and created independently embroidered ink painting in 2001.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, Gu has constantly improved the paper used for embroidery. He went to the manufacturers of Xuan paper in east China’s Anhui Province where Xuan paper was first created and has been an iconic product, and finally developed better paper for embroidery after many experiments.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the link:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.people.cn/n3/2019/1212/c90000-9640097.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.people.cn/n3/2019/1212/c90000-9640097.html" rel="nofollow">Chinese craftsman embroiders various patterns on paper - People&#039;s Daily Online</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Everything I have collected is a textile, so I can&#039;t help you with determining age.&nbsp; As you can see by the article, they could be very old.&nbsp; Your pieces include what is called the forbidden stitch.&nbsp; The name is associated with the work done in the Forbidden City, where the Emperors lived and used to be associated with textiles created there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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