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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

A work made of pattern side: silk and lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: plain weave, painted details (sugaki, sumi); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); corners: silk, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels.
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  • A work made of pattern side: silk and lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: plain weave, painted details (sugaki, sumi); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); corners: silk, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels.

Date:

late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 1801–1900

Medium

Pattern side: silk and lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: Plain weave, painted details (sugaki, sumi); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); corners: silk, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels

Dimensions

61.3 × 62 cm (24 1/8 × 24 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate

Reference Number

2004.952

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