About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83
Mon side: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; embroidered with silk, laidwork and couching
Lined with silk, warp-float 4:1 satin weave (shusu); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
74.1 x 66.7 cm (29 1/8 x 26 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.219
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