Fukusa (Gift Cover)
1890–1900
- Medium
- Patterned side: silk, plain weave; hand painted. Lined with silk, plain weave; possibly dyed with safflower (benibana); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, knotted, replied fringe tassels
- Dimensions
- 70.4 × 65.3 cm (27 3/4 × 25 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)meijiEast Asianweaving - printedTextilepaper (fiber product)Japanismasian