Fukusa (Gift Cover)
1801–1900
- Medium
- Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit and single dovetail tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with “crepe-like” wefts (kabe-ito wefts); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges
- Dimensions
- 72.1 × 62.9 cm (28 3/8 × 24 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)meijilate edoedo (japanese period)Textilepaper (fiber product)Japanismweaving