Skip to Content
Today Open today 10–11 members | 11–8 public

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

A work made of mon side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome); patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome hikizome); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped cotton, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-
lacquered-paper strips in individual back, satin, stem and straight stitches; couching; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); corner: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Image actions

  • A work made of mon side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome); patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome hikizome); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped cotton, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-
lacquered-paper strips in individual back, satin, stem and straight stitches; couching; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); corner: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Date:

early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/40

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 1926–1940

Medium

Mon side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome); Patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome hikizome); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped cotton, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over- lacquered-paper strips in individual back, satin, stem and straight stitches; couching; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); corner: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels

Dimensions

45 × 39.6 cm (17 3/4 × 15 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.240

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Share

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Learn more

Image actions

Share