Fukusa (Gift Cover) by Japan, textile, 1902-1922

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

Year
1902-1922
Medium
Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper- strip wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); Patterned side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure; corner; gold-metallized probably polyester-film wrapped rayon, oblique interlacing; knotted and re-plied fringe tassels
Dimensions
72.1 × 70 cm (28 3/8 × 27 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Japan
Period
Taisho period (1912–1926)

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