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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave self-patterned by bands of gauze crossings (yoko ro); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: hikizome); patterned side: silk, plain weave self-patterned by bands of gauze crossings (yoko ro); stenciled and resist dyed, (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome) painted with india ink (sumi) and dye; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped silk in chinese knot, satin, stem and straight stitches; laidwork and couching; 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 self-patterned by bands of gauze crossings (yoko ro); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: hikizome); patterned side: silk, plain weave self-patterned by bands of gauze crossings (yoko ro); stenciled and resist dyed, (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome) painted with india ink (sumi) and dye; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped silk in chinese knot, satin, stem and straight stitches; laidwork and couching; 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 self-patterned by bands of gauze crossings (yoko ro); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: hikizome); Patterned side: silk, plain weave self-patterned by bands of gauze crossings (yoko ro); stenciled and resist dyed, (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome) painted with India ink (sumi) and dye; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped silk in Chinese knot, satin, stem and straight stitches; laidwork and couching; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corner: silk, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels

Dimensions

78 × 66.7 cm (30 3/4 × 26 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.234

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