Fukusa (Gift Cover)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Place

Japan (Object made in:)

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Made 1912–1926

Medium

Patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome and hikizome); lined with silk, plain weave (possibly dyed with safflower (benibana); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase)

Dimensions

64.5 × 65 cm (25 3/8 × 25 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.229

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