Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Artwork details

Date:

Edo period (1615–1868), 1750/1800

Medium:

Patterned side: silk, plain weave, with creped wefts (chirimen); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper -strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk, in satin, silk padded satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; Lined with silk, plain weave; interlined with cotton, plain weave sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikire awase)

Culture:

Japan

Dimensions:

2331 × 2250 px

Museum record:

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