Fukusa (Gift Cover)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1775–1800

Medium

Silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton in knot, satin, single satin, surface satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; relined

Dimensions

70.1 × 65.3 cm (27 5/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Henry C. Schwab Estate

Reference Number

1943.885

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