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Fukusa (Gift Cover)
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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800 · Silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton in knot, satin, single satin, surface satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; relined

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

Subjects
late edopaper (fiber product)textilecostumeneedlework (visual works)edo (japanese period)Japanismsilk (fiber)
Credit lineFukusa (Gift Cover). Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800. Japan. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry C. Schwab Estate. CC0.
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