Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Textiles

Mid–/late Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1895/1912

Japan

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Fukusa (Gift Cover)
Place: Japan (Object made in)
Date: Made 1895–1912
Medium: Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stencil resist dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laidwork and couching; Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); painted with India ink (sumi) and paint; stamped; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
Dimensions: 55.5 × 50.5 cm (21 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays
Reference Number: 2001.223
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“Hidden Meanings.” Shelter Chicago. Summer (2002), pp. 53(illus.)–57.

The Art Institute of Chicago, 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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