A work made of pattern side: silk and lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: plain weave, painted details (sugaki, sumi); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); corners: silk, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

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

Japan

Pattern side: silk and lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: Plain weave, painted details (sugaki, sumi); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); corners: silk, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels

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