About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1912
Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper- strip wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); Patterned side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure; corner; gold-metallized probably polyester-film wrapped rayon, oblique interlacing; knotted and re-plied fringe tassels
72.1 x 69.96 cm (28 3/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.228
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: September 12, 1996. Chanticleer Antiques, a collective. Petaluma Ca.