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A work made of plant fibers, red woodpecker and quail feathers, and abalone-shell and clamshell beads.

Feathered Gift Basket, 1880–90

Pomo

A work made of patterned side: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts; embroidered with silk, silver-leaf- over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk and wrapped cotton in chinese knots, satin, paper-wrapped cotton padded satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave with "crepe-like" wefts (kabe-ito wefts) (kabe-ori or kabe chirimen); (possibly dyed with safflower (benibana); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachidkiri awase).

Fukusa (Gift Cover), 1900/26, late Meiji (1868–1912)/early Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave (shioze); dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen); patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: suri yûzenzome); embroidered with silk and wild silk in straight stitches: interlined with cotton, plain weave; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corner: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, oblique interlacing over wrapped cotton ball, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), 1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of mon side: silk, plain weave with “crepe-like” effect (kabe-ito wefts) (kabe-ori); dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen); impressed; patterned side: silk and silver-and-gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave; silk, running “controlling” stitches; corners: silk, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped wood form and re-plied silk, fringe tassels.

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

A work made of patterned side: silk, plain weave; resist dyed; lined with silk, plain weave (possibly dyed with safflower); sewn with front and lining matched in size; corners: silk, knotted, cut fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), late Edo (1789–1868)/early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1800/83

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

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

A work made of silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton in knot, satin, single satin, surface satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; relined.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

A work made of silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk and wrapped cotton and silk in individual back, knot, satin, single satin, silk and paper-padded satin, surface paper-wrapped-cotton, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; lined; tasseled.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), 1901/25, late Edo period (1789–1868)

A work made of color woodblock-printed book; 1 vol..

A Page from Gifts from the Ebb Tide, 1789

Kitagawa Utamaro

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, slit and single interlocking weave (tsuzure); decorative side: silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, slit an dovetailed tapestry weave (tsuzure).

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1912

A work made of silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in individual back, bullion, chain, eyelet, fern, herring bone, open fishbone, single satin, satin, silk-padded satin; surface satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; lined.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1825

A work made of wood engraving in black on cream paper tipped at top corners to cream laid paper.

Christmas Gifts: Dawn, 1917

Eric Gill

A work made of patterned side: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure); lining: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave (donsu); sewn with front and lining matched in size (tachikiri awase); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corners: gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels.

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

A work made of black chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on ivory laid paper.

Study for Saint Benedict Receiving Gifts from the Peasants, c. 1604

Guido Reni

A work made of patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed; lined with silk, plain weave; interlined with cotton, plain weave; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; silk-wrapped cotton, knotted, re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), 1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); mon side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stencil resist dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laidwork and couching; patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); painted with india ink (sumi) and paint; stamped; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges.

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

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 (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome) and painted with india ink (sumi); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped cotton, couching; patterned side: silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome and otoshizome); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip wrapped cotton in satin stitches; couching; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corner: gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton; oblique interlaced, knotted and re-plied fringe tassels.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), 1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

Stoneware cup with cover and saucer decorated with bright blue, yellow and white ornaments.

Fukusa (Gift Cover), 1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.

Rebecca Receiving Gifts from Eliezar, n.d.

Pierre-Imbert Drevet

A work made of two etchings in black on ivory laid paper.

Tarquin and Lucretia and Cleopatra Honored with Gifts, 1745/50

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

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