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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Japan (made)

Fukusa of tapesty weave silk, pink ground with a design of a hexagon enclosing a plum blossom and a circle interlaced in white. Mounted on sea-green silk.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Fukusa (gift cover)
Materials and techniques
Tapestry weave silk
Silk (Textile)
Tapestry
Brief description
Fukusa, tapestry weave silk, Japan, Edo period, late 18th century
Physical description
Fukusa of tapesty weave silk, pink ground with a design of a hexagon enclosing a plum blossom and a circle interlaced in white. Mounted on sea-green silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 31in
  • Width: 28in
Style
Edo
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons FSA
Object history
Registered File number 1926/6626.
Subjects depicted
Hexagons
Plum Blossom
Bibliographic reference
Takemura, Akihiko. Fukusa : Japanese gift covers. Tokyo: Iwasaki Bijutsu-sha, 1991, p. 295. ISBN 475341325X
Other number
Loan No. 700
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
T.149-1926

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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