About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century
Mon Side: wool, plain weave; fulled (gorfukuren); embroidered with silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in laidwork, couching and paper padded couching; lined (recently) with silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase)
67.7 x 65.8 cm (26 5/8 x 25 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.212
Textiles
Not on Display