Fukusa (Gift Cover)
1926–1940
- Medium
- Mon side: silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip- wrapped silk in Chinese knots, laidwork and couching; patterned side: silk, satin weave self-patterned by areas of twill interlacings and areas of plain interlacings; woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment; sewn with front and lining matched in size; three corner: rayon, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels
- Dimensions
- 37.2 × 34.2 cm (14 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)East Asianshowaweaving - printedTextilepaper (fiber product)Japanismasian