Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Artwork details

Date:

Mid–Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1895

Medium:

Patterned side: silk, plain weave; hand painted. Lined with silk, plain weave; possibly dyed with safflower (benibana); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, knotted, replied fringe tassels

Culture:

Japan

Dimensions:

2084 × 2250 px

Museum record:

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