Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83, Japan, Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze), appliquéd with paper covered wood forms, embroidered with silk, laid threads couched along form edges, lined with silk, plain weave (heiken), sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase), 73 x 66 cm (28 3/4 x 26 in

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Fukusa (Gift Cover), early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1868/83, Japan, Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze), appliquéd with paper covered wood forms, embroidered with silk, laid threads couched along form edges, lined with silk, plain weave (heiken), sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase), 73 x 66 cm (28 3/4 x 26 in.)

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