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Gift cover (fukusa)
Gift cover (fukusa)

Gift cover (fukusa)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gold metallic threads; satin-weave ground, embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
DimensionsHeight x width: 31 x 26 1/2 in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.209
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
Gift cover (fukusa)
second half of 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
mid-19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
late 18th or early 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
late 19th or early 20th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
late 18th or early 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
late 19th or early 20th century