Fukusa (Gift Cover) by Japan, textile, 1868-1883

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

Year
1868-1883
Medium
Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); appliquéd with paper covered wood forms; embroidered with silk, laid threads couched along form edges; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase)
Dimensions
73 × 66 cm (28 3/4 × 26 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Meiji period (1868–1912)

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