Fukusa (Gift Cover)
1801–1825
- Medium
- Pattered Side: wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); embroidered with silk and gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper- strip wrapped cotton in cross, and single satin stitches; laidwork and paper padded couching; lined with silk, palin weave (possibly dyed with safflower (beni)); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tackikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
- Dimensions
- 69 × 64.5 cm (27 1/8 × 25 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)East Asianlate edoneedlework (visual works)edo (japanese period)Textilepaper (fiber product)Japanismweavingasian