Fukusa (Gift Cover)
Tex, Japan, embroidery
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Tex, Japan, embroidery |
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| Gallery label | In the late Victorian period it was very fashionable to decorate the home with Japanese objects. Textiles such as this, which would have been used in Japan to cover a gift, were particularly popular. The striking crayfish design would have seemed very exotic to the British public.
Figured satin silk with embroidery in silk and couched gold threads. Made in Japan, probably Kyoto, 1840-1880. (18/12/2022) |
| Object history | Purchased from Charles William Deschamps (1A Old Bond Street), accessioned in 1884. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. This object is one of a group of Japanese textiles sold to the museum by Charles William Deschamps. He was a well-known dealer, mostly of contemporary paintings by artists such as Whistler, with a gallery a 1A Bond Street |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 90-1884 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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