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
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 4, 1922
late 19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
late 18th–early 19th century
late 19th or early 20th century
second half of 19th century
mid-19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
late 18th or early 19th century