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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Date:
Mid–Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1895
Medium:
Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); dye extracted though a discharge dyeing technique and chemical dye stripper (bassen) and painted with India ink (sumi); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laidwork and couching; lined with silk, ink and stamped with ink; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: gold-leaf-over-lacquered- paper-strip-wrapped cotton, knotted and replied fringe tassels
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
1969 × 2250 px
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