Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan

showaJapanismEast Asianasiantextileweaving - printed

Date

early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/40

Medium

Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave, stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, katabitta and bokashizome); Patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome hikizome); corner: rayon and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped rayon and cotton; knotted, re-plied fringe tassels

Dimensions

26.2 × 24.1 cm (10 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

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