A work made of pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (shihôhi); corners: silk, four-strand square braid; knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper cap; silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, replied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

Japan

Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (shihôhi); corners: silk, four-strand square braid; knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper cap; silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, replied fringe tassels

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