Fukusa (Gift Cover)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 1801–1900

Medium

Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); patterned side: silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); controlling stitches: silk, running “controlling stitches” along all edges; corners: silk, knotted fringe tassels

Dimensions

56.2 × 52.4 cm (22 1/8 × 20 5/8 in.); Tassels: H.: 7.3 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate

Reference Number

2004.962

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