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Chabukusa (Fukusa for Tea Ceremony)

A work made of patterned side: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); lined with polyester and silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); cords: rayon; machine knitted; plastic toggel.

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  • A work made of patterned side: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); lined with polyester and silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); cords: rayon; machine knitted; plastic toggel.

Date:

Heisei period (1989–present), c. 1990

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Chabukusa (Fukusa for Tea Ceremony)

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 1989–1995

Medium

Patterned side: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); lined with polyester and silk, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); cords: rayon; machine knitted; plastic toggel

Dimensions

29 × 27.8 cm (11 3/8 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

2001.242

Extended information about this artwork

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