Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century

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Artist: Japan
Date: Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century
Medium: Mon side: wool, plain weave; appliqué with wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); embroidered, some areas over paper, with silk, gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-laquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk in back, Chinese knot, satin, single satin, surface satin, stem and straight stitches; (probably) bamboo, rolled paper and silk padded satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; some embroidered areas painted; lining: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave (donsu); interlined with cotton, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
Region: japan
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japan, Fukusa (Gift Cover), Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century. Mon side: wool, plain weave; appliqué with wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); embroidered, some areas over paper, with silk, gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-laquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk in back, Chinese knot, satin, single satin, surface satin, stem and straight stitches; (probably) bamboo, rolled paper and silk padded satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; some embroidered areas painted; lining: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave (donsu); interlined with cotton, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges. Art Institute of Chicago, CC0. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/157662

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Japan, Fukusa (Gift Cover). Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/157662.

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