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Gift cover (fukusa)
Gift cover (fukusa)

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
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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