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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: hikizome); patterned side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, bokashizome and hikizome); interlined with cotton, plain weave; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corner: silk, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

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  • A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: hikizome); patterned side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, bokashizome and hikizome); interlined with cotton, plain weave; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corner: silk, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Date:

1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1912–1926

Medium

Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: hikizome); Patterned side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, bokashizome and hikizome); interlined with cotton, plain weave; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corner: silk, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels

Dimensions

71.9 × 64.9 cm (28 1/4 × 25 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.233

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