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 cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure), lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi), sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (shihôhi), corners: silk, four-strand square braid, knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper cap, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, replied fringe tassels, x cm (31 3/4 x 27 1/2

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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 cotton, slit tapestry weave (tsuzure), lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi), sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (shihôhi), corners: silk, four-strand square braid, knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper cap, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, replied fringe tassels, x cm (31 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.)

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