Fukusa (Gift Cover) by Japan, textile, 1875-1900

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

Year
1875-1900
Medium
Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled and possibly painted (yûzenzôme); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in knot, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; tasseled
Dimensions
69.8 × 66.5 cm (27 1/2 × 26 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

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

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