Gift Cover
| Native Name | Fukusa |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 29-96-144 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Japanese |
| Provenience: | Japan |
| Date Made: | 1750 - 1800 CE |
| Early Date: | 1750 |
| Late Date: | 1800 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Satin Crepe Gold |
| Technique: | Embroidered |
| Iconography: | Cranes Waves Rice Field |
| Length: | 90 cm |
| Width: | 71 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Tosk, Susan. 1990. Silk, Gold and the World's Most Elegant Return Receipt: An Exhibition and Sale of Fukusa by Orientations Gallery at Place des Antiquaires.. New York. Orientations Gallery. pg. Book 32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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