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

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ClassificationsTextiles

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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921

18th century

19th century

18th or 19th century

mid-19th century

second half of the 18th century

19th century

second half of 19th century

mid-19th century

19th century

19th century

19th century

19th century