Fukusa (Gift Cover)

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 1901–1925

Medium

Silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk and wrapped cotton and silk in individual back, knot, satin, single satin, silk and paper-padded satin, surface paper-wrapped-cotton, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; lined; tasseled

Dimensions

84 × 71.7 cm (33 × 28 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Henry C. Schwab Estate

Reference Number

1943.884

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.