Fukusa (Gift Cover)

1895–1912

Medium: Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stencil resist dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laidwork and couching; Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); painted with India ink (sumi) and paint; stamped; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
Dimensions: 55.5 × 50.5 cm (21 7/8 × 19 7/8 in.)
Genre: Textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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