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Gift cover (fukusa)
Gift cover (fukusa)

Gift cover (fukusa)

late 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gold metallic thread; plain-weave ground, appliquéd, embroidered and couched
Dimensions82.6 x 68.3 cm (32.50 x 26.875 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number22.545
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 4, 1922
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