A work made of pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, slit and single dovetail tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with “crepe-like” wefts (kabe-ito wefts); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges.

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 and single dovetail tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, plain weave with “crepe-like” wefts (kabe-ito wefts); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges

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