Skip to Content
Today Open today 11–5

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

A work made of mon side: silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip-
wrapped silk in chinese knots, laidwork and couching; patterned side: silk, satin weave self-patterned by areas of twill interlacings and areas of plain interlacings; woven on a loom with a jacquard attachment; sewn with front and lining matched in size; three corner: rayon, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Image actions

  • A work made of mon side: silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip-
wrapped silk in chinese knots, laidwork and couching; patterned side: silk, satin weave self-patterned by areas of twill interlacings and areas of plain interlacings; woven on a loom with a jacquard attachment; sewn with front and lining matched in size; three corner: rayon, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Date:

early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/40

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

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 1926–1940

Medium

Mon side: silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip- wrapped silk in Chinese knots, laidwork and couching; patterned side: silk, satin weave self-patterned by areas of twill interlacings and areas of plain interlacings; woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment; sewn with front and lining matched in size; three corner: rayon, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels

Dimensions

37.2 × 34.2 cm (14 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.239

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Share

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Learn more

Image actions

Share