Fukusa (Gift Cover)
ca. 1900 (made)
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Panel of coarse yellow silk with four printed floral medallions with details embroidered with coloured silks and some gold thread.
Top left medallion: formed principally of red and green chrysanthemums. The green petals partially embroidered, and the leaves highlighted with gold thread. The border to the medallion is embroidered with a pale mushroom silk.
Top right: comprised of various fruits including the peach, cherry, prunus and a bird’s nest. The peaches embroidered with green and orange silks, the eggs in the nest with a plum coloured silk and the prunus and leaves highlighted with gold thread.
Bottom left: formed principally of a large peony bloom, the petals outlined with embroidered white silk. The leaves highlighted with gold thread.
Bottom right: medallion composed of pink hawthorn (?) and a small bird. Some gold thread embroidery and yellow silk highlights.
The panel has been mounted in a light card frame, with a paper covering.
Top left medallion: formed principally of red and green chrysanthemums. The green petals partially embroidered, and the leaves highlighted with gold thread. The border to the medallion is embroidered with a pale mushroom silk.
Top right: comprised of various fruits including the peach, cherry, prunus and a bird’s nest. The peaches embroidered with green and orange silks, the eggs in the nest with a plum coloured silk and the prunus and leaves highlighted with gold thread.
Bottom left: formed principally of a large peony bloom, the petals outlined with embroidered white silk. The leaves highlighted with gold thread.
Bottom right: medallion composed of pink hawthorn (?) and a small bird. Some gold thread embroidery and yellow silk highlights.
The panel has been mounted in a light card frame, with a paper covering.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed silk with embroidery in coloured silks and gilt thread |
| Brief description | Fukusa, yellow printed silk with embroidery in coloured silks and gilt thread, Japan, Meiji period, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Panel of coarse yellow silk with four printed floral medallions with details embroidered with coloured silks and some gold thread. Top left medallion: formed principally of red and green chrysanthemums. The green petals partially embroidered, and the leaves highlighted with gold thread. The border to the medallion is embroidered with a pale mushroom silk. Top right: comprised of various fruits including the peach, cherry, prunus and a bird’s nest. The peaches embroidered with green and orange silks, the eggs in the nest with a plum coloured silk and the prunus and leaves highlighted with gold thread. Bottom left: formed principally of a large peony bloom, the petals outlined with embroidered white silk. The leaves highlighted with gold thread. Bottom right: medallion composed of pink hawthorn (?) and a small bird. Some gold thread embroidery and yellow silk highlights. The panel has been mounted in a light card frame, with a paper covering. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr A C King Esq |
| Object history | Registered File number 1971/2183 |
| Production | From the register: Meiji period (1868-1912). Comment from Akihiko Takemura, author of a book on fukusa. July 1988. See Bibliographic References section for more details. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Takemura Akihiko, Fukusa: Japanese Gift Covers, Tokyo : Iwasaki Bijutsu-sha, 1988 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.16-1971 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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