Fukusa (Gift Cover) by Japan, textile, 1801-1825

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

Year
1801-1825
Medium
Mon side: wool, plain weave; fulled (gorfukuren); embroidered with silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in laidwork, couching and paper padded couching; lined (recently) with silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase)
Dimensions
67.7 × 65.8 cm (26 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Late Edo period (1615–1868)

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