Fukusa (Gift Cover), late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century, Japan, Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure), lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi), sewn with padded lining extending beyond front on all four sides (Yatsuzuma), corners: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels, x cm (30 3/4 x 27 1/

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Fukusa (Gift Cover), late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century, Japan, Pattern side: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure), lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi), sewn with padded lining extending beyond front on all four sides (Yatsuzuma), corners: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, 1:1 tubular oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk wrapped cotton ball, and re-plied fringe tassels, x cm (30 3/4 x 27 1/8 in.)

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