About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Late Edo period (1789–1868), late19th century
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
69.8 x 66.5 cm (27 1/2 x 26 1/8 in.)
Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith, 1991.794
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