Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Textiles

Heisei period (1989–present), 1991

Designed by Akihiko Takemura (Japanese, active c. 1991)
Produced by the Miyai Company, Ltd.(Japanese, founded 1901)
Japan

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Akihiko Takemura (Designer)
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 1991
Medium: Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); stenciled dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome); lining: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (Shihôhi); corner: gold-metallized-probably polyester-film wrapped rayon, knotted, buttonhole stitch covered, and re-plied fringe tassels
Dimensions: 54.3 × 52.5 cm (21 3/8 × 20 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays
Reference Number: 2001.246

The 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–November 17, 2002

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