About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1912
Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, slit and single interlocking weave (tsuzure); Decorative side: silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, slit an dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure)
72 x 67.1 cm (28 3/8 x 26 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.227
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, The 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: May 29, 1977. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Larkspur, Ca.