Fukusa (Gift Cover)
1750–1800
- Medium
- Patterned side: silk, plain weave, with creped wefts (chirimen); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper -strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk, in satin, silk padded satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; Lined with silk, plain weave; interlined with cotton, plain weave sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikire awase)
- Dimensions
- 53.5 × 56.5 cm (21 × 22 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)East Asianmiddle edoneedlework (visual works)edo (japanese period)Textilepaper (fiber product)Japanismweavingasian