About This Artwork

Japan

Fukusa, 19th century

Pattern side: silk and lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: Plain weave, painted details (sugaki, sumi); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); corners: silk, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels
61.3 x 61.95 cm (24 1/8 x 24 3/8 in.)
Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate, 2004.952