About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Mid-/late Edo period, 1750/1800
Patterned side: Silk, plain weave, with creped wefts (chirimen); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper
-strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk, in satin, silk padded satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; Lined with silk, plain weave; interlined with cotton, plain weave sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikire awase)
53.5 x 56.5 cm (21 x 22 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.209
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