About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Late Edo period (1789–1868), late 18th/early 19th century
Silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in individual back, bullion, chain, eyelet, fern, herring bone, open fishbone, single satin, satin, silk-padded satin; surface satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; lined
88.3 x 76.6 cm (34 3/4 x 31 3/8 in.)
Gift of Henry C. Schwab Estate, 1943.880
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