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Gift cover (fukusa)

19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin embroidered with silk and gold metallic thread
Dimensions91 x 76 cm (35 13/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.240
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
about 1915
late 19th or early 20th century
late 17th century