The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Cloud Reversible Uni Wool Scarf | Scarves & Wraps

The Peaceful Pattern On This Reversible Unisex Scarf Nods To A 19Th-Century Chinese Rank Badge Featuring A Colorful Pheasant Suspended Among The Clouds. Such Spectacularly Embroidered Badges Were Worn By Government Officials Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties; Badges With Birds Indicated A Civil Official While Animals Were Reserved For Military Officers, And Each Creature Corresponded To A Specific Rank.