About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)mid-Meiji period 1868–1912, c. 1895
Patterned side: silk, plain weave; hand painted. Lined with silk, plain weave; possibly dyed with safflower (benibana); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, knotted, replied fringe tassels
70.4 x 65.3 cm (27 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.221
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 Wrapping Cloths," July 17-November 17, 2002
Ownership History
Acquired by Hays: February 5, 1983. G. T. Marsh & Co., San Francisco. #7020.