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), corners: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper-strip wrapped cotton, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted, silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton fringe tassels, x cm (29 3/4 x 26 1/4 in
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), corners: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper-strip wrapped cotton, tubular 1:1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted, silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton fringe tassels, x cm (29 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.)
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