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Fukusa (Gift Cover)
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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan · Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1912 · Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper- strip wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure); Patterned side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure; corner; gold-metallized probably polyester-film wrapped rayon, oblique interlacing; knotted and re-plied fringe tassels

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

Subjects
taishopaper (fiber product)textileweavingJapanismEast Asianasiansilk (fiber)
Credit lineFukusa (Gift Cover). Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1912. Japan. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays. CC0.
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