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Fukusa (Gift Cover) by Japan, textile, 1801-1900

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

Year
1801-1900
Medium
Patterned side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); Lining: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave (donsu); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corners: gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels
Dimensions
72.4 × 63.5 cm (28 1/2 × 25 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

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

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