Gift cover (fukusa)

19th century

Object PlaceJapan

Medium/TechniqueSilk; twill compound weave, embroidered with silk and couched with gold metallic thread

Dimensions66 x 74.5 cm (26 x 29 5/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number22.546

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ClassificationsTextiles

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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 4, 1922

late 19th century

13th century

late 19th or early 20th century

19th century

late 19th century

19th century

mid-19th century

second half of 19th century

mid-19th century

19th century

19th century

19th century