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Gift cover (fukusa)
Gift cover (fukusa)

Gift cover (fukusa)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; cut and uncut velvet
DimensionsHeight x width: 27 x 26 5/8 in. (68.6 x 67.6 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.3897
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Length of velvet
1450–1500
Piece of velvet
16th–17th century
late 17th century
Cover
late 17th century
Panel of velvet
early 19th century
Panel
third quarter 15th century
Fragment of velvet
late 19th century
Carpet
19th–20th century (?)