A work made of mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled
patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled and possibly painted (yûzenzôme); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in knot, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; tasseled.

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900

Japan

Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled and possibly painted (yûzenzôme); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in knot, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; tasseled

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