Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Akihiko Takemura

Heisei period (1989–present), 1991

Accession Number

157698

Medium

Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); stenciled dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome); lining: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (Shihôhi); corner: gold-metallized-probably polyester-film wrapped rayon, knotted, buttonhole stitch covered, and re-plied fringe tassels

Dimensions

54.3 × 52.5 cm (21 3/8 × 20 5/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays