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A work made of flatiron and 14 iron tacks.

Cadeau (Gift), 1963 (1921 original now lost)

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

A work made of brush with india ink on paper.

Priam Offering Gifts, 1962

Leonard Baskin

A work made of terracotta, pigment.

Votive (Gift) in the Shape of a Woman's Head, about 500 BCE

Ancient Etruscan

A work made of plant fibers; woodpecker, mallard duck, and goldfinch feathers; and abalone shell.

Feathered Gift Basket, 1915–20

Pomo

A work made of mon side: wool, plain weave; appliqué with wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); embroidered, some areas over paper, with silk, gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-laquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and wrapped silk in back, chinese knot, satin, single satin, surface satin, stem and straight stitches; (probably) bamboo, rolled paper and silk padded satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; some embroidered areas painted; lining: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave (donsu); interlined with cotton, plain weave; sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave, stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome, katabitta and bokashizome); patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome hikizome); corner: rayon and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped rayon and cotton; knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/40

A work made of gouache, with traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper.

The Wedding Gifts, c. 1946

Elsie Driggs

A work made of patterned side: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in chinese knot, satin, single satin, surface satin, stem and straight stitches; paper-strip wrapped cotton padded satin stitches; laidwork and couching; painted india ink (sumi) details lined (re-lined) with silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); interlined with cotton; plain weave; padded with waste silk sewn with padded lining extending beyond front at center on all four side (yatsuzuma); silk, running "controlling" stitches along edges.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century

A work made of patterned side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); painted with india ink (sumi) and gold paint; lining: silk, wrap-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikire awrase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: silk, knotted and re-piled fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century

Saeki Ganryô

A work made of vegetable fibers, glass and clamshell beads, and quail feathers.

Figured Gift Basket, c. 1890

Pomo

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Venus Receiving Gifts, c. 1588

Aegidius Sadeler, II

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in single back, chinese knot, satin, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork, couching and paper-padded couching.

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

A work made of bronze.

Standing Buddha with Left Hand in Gift Giving Gesture (varadamudra), Chola period (c. 855-1279), about 11th century

A work made of linoleum cut, printed in black, with additions of watercolor, on tan wall paper, mounted to rice paper.

King and Three Gifts, c. 1945–49

Walter Inglis Anderson

A work made of color woodblock print; surimono.

An Autumn Gift, n.d.

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of patterned side: silk, plain weave; hand painted. lined with silk, plain weave; possibly dyed with safflower (benibana); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: silk-wrapped cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, knotted, replied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Mid–Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1895

A work made of pattern side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); corners: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton fringe tassels.

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

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome); embroidered with silk and gold- leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in laidwork and couching patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stenciled (yûzenzome; suri yûzenzome and bokashizome) and painted with india ink (sumi) and gold; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper- strip-wrapped silk in single back and satin stitches, laidwork and couching silk running "controlling " stitches along all edges corners: gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton knotted, re-piled tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), 1890/1912, late Meiji period (1868–1912)

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing; dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen), stenciled with dyes and gold leaf (yûzenzome;suri yûzenzome), painted with india ink (sumi) and dye details; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, couching; patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stenciled (yûzenzome: suri yûzenzome and otoshizome) and painted india ink (sumi) and gold; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in straight stitches; laidwork and couching; silk, running "controlling" stitches along edges; corners: silk and cotton, wrapped and knotted re-piled fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83

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

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