About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century
Pattered Side: wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); embroidered with silk and gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-
strip wrapped cotton in cross, and single satin stitches; laidwork and paper padded couching; lined with silk, palin weave (possibly dyed with safflower (beni)); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tackikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
69 x 64.5 cm (27 1/8 x 25 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.213
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