About This Artwork

Japan

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Appliqued fabric: late 18th century (mounting fabric: 1868/83)

Patterned side: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-pattered by areas of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; appliquéd with silk and gold-leaf-over-
lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in surface satin stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen) (possibly dyed with safflower (beni); interlined with cotton, plain weave; sewn with padded lining extending beyond front at center on all four sides (Yatsuzuma); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; silk, knotted, cut fringe tassels
57.5 x 56.5 cm (22 5/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.216

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes allerton Textile Galleries, "Fukusa and Furoshiki: Splendid Japanese Gift Covers and Wraping Cloths," July 17–November 17, 2002

Ownership History

Acquired by Hays: July 9, 1971. G. T. Marsh & co., San Francisco. #7070 "100 years old on tag without reference to when they acquired it. An old tag.