Fragment of gift cover (fukusa)
19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave ground embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
DimensionsOverall: 26.5 x 15 cm (10 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number09.137
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, February 9, 1909
late 19th century
last quarter 18th century
1870 to 1880
1890–1905
late 19th century
19th century
1890–1910
late 18th century
Late 19th century
late 19th century
18th or 19th century
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric