Gift Cover

29-96-144

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Fukusa
Object Number 29-96-144
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made 1750 - 1800 CE
Section Asian
Materials Satin | Crepe | Gold
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Crane | Waves | Rice Field
Description

Oblong gift cover (fukusa); dark blue satin with red crepe edge and lining. Embroidered with cranes and bundles of rice in gold thread, 1750-1800 CE.

Length 90 cm
Width 71 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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