Fukusa (Gift Cover)
first half of 19th century (made)
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Embroidered gift cover (fukusa) of buff coloured silk woven with a design of small flowers and embroidered with silver thread and silk cords in couched and raised work with some coloured silk embroidery in satin and long and short stitches.
The design consists of a dragon coiled amongst clouds. There is a border all around of buff coloured silk woven with small dragons and flowers in yellow and light-grey.
The fukusa is backed with buff silk and has an inner lining of blue and white cotton.
The design consists of a dragon coiled amongst clouds. There is a border all around of buff coloured silk woven with small dragons and flowers in yellow and light-grey.
The fukusa is backed with buff silk and has an inner lining of blue and white cotton.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk with silver and silk threads, backed with silk and lined with cotton |
| Brief description | Embroidered gift cover (fukusa), Japan, first half of 19th century |
| Physical description | Embroidered gift cover (fukusa) of buff coloured silk woven with a design of small flowers and embroidered with silver thread and silk cords in couched and raised work with some coloured silk embroidery in satin and long and short stitches. The design consists of a dragon coiled amongst clouds. There is a border all around of buff coloured silk woven with small dragons and flowers in yellow and light-grey. The fukusa is backed with buff silk and has an inner lining of blue and white cotton. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Hezlerigg |
| Bibliographic reference | Takemura, Akihiko. Fukusa: Japanese Gift Covers. Tokyo, 1991, plate 93. |
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| Accession number | T.168-1963 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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