Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Textiles

1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

Japan

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)
Place: Japan (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1912–1926
Medium: Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: hikizome); Patterned side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, bokashizome and hikizome); interlined with cotton, plain weave; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corner: silk, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels
Dimensions: 71.9 × 64.9 cm (28 1/4 × 25 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays
Reference Number: 2001.233

Art Institute of Chicago, The Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fukusa and Furoshiki: Splendid Japanese Gift Covers and Wrapping Cloths, July 17–Nov. 17, 2002.

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