About This Artwork
Fukusa (Gift Cover)Late Edo period (1789–1868), late 18th century
Silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton in knot, satin, single satin, surface satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; relined
70.1 x 65.3 cm (27 5/8 x 25 3/4 in.)
Gift of Henry C. Schwab Estate, 1943.885
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