About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83
Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); appliquéd with paper covered wood forms; embroidered with silk, laid threads couched along form edges; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase)
73 x 66 cm (28 3/4 x 26 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.217
Textiles
Not on Display
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. #7007. Tag stated "120 years old," without reference to when they got it. An old tag.