Art Institute of Chicago

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

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

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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