Gift cover (fukusa) or altar cloth (uchishiki)
late 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin-weave embroidered with silk (shishû) and couched (koma-nui) with gold-wrapped thread
DimensionsHeight x width: 34 5/8 x 33 3/4 in. (87.9 x 85.7 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.1152
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 5, 1921
18th or 19th century
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
18th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
late 19th century
late 19th or early 20th century
second half of the 18th century
second half of 19th century
mid-19th century
19th century
19th century