Fukusa (Gift Cover)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Place

Japan (Object made in:)

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Made 1890–1900

Medium

Patterned side: silk, plain weave; hand painted. Lined with silk, plain weave; possibly dyed with safflower (benibana); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, knotted, replied fringe tassels

Dimensions

70.4 × 65.3 cm (27 3/4 × 25 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.221

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