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Gift cover (fukusa)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gold metallic thread; plain-weave crepe ground, embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
DimensionsHeight x width: 31 1/8 x 27 in. (79.1 x 68.6 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.218
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century