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Fukusa (Gift Cover)
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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan · Mid–/late Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1895/1912 · Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stencil resist dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laidwork and couching; Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); painted with India ink (sumi) and paint; stamped; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

Credit lineFukusa (Gift Cover). Mid–/late Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1895/1912. Japan. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays. CC0.

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