Fukusa (Gift Cover)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Akihiko Takemura (Designer)

Title

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Place

Japan (Object made in:)

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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

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