Japan

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900

Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled and possibly painted (yûzenzôme); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in knot, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; tasseled

69.8 × 66.5 cm (27.5 × 26.2 in)