Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Artwork details

Date:

early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83

Medium:

Mon side: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; embroidered with silk, laidwork and couching Lined with silk, warp-float 4:1 satin weave (shusu); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges

Culture:

Japan

Dimensions:

2074 × 2250 px

Museum record:

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