About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/40
Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; Patterned side: silk, rayon, cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts (gotenori); woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment
71.3 x 65 cm (28 1/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.236
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: October 21, 1993. Louis Peter Juliano, Port costa, Ca. at an Antique Show in San Francisco.