Fukusa (Gift Cover)
1801–1900
- Medium
- Mon side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); corners: gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels
- Dimensions
- 73.5 × 68.3 cm (28 15/16 × 26 7/8 in.); Tassel: H.: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles