Fukusa (Gift Cover). 1801–1900. Japan. Patterned side silk, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and wrapped cotton in back, Chinese knot, single satin and satin stitches; laidwork, paper padded laidwork and couching; Lining silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (Shihôhi); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corners silk, four-strand square braid; knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered form terminating
Fukusa (Gift Cover). 1801–1900. Japan. Patterned side silk, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and wrapped cotton in back, Chinese knot, single satin and satin stitches; laidwork, paper padded laidwork and couching; Lining silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen); sewn with lining extending beyond front equally along edges of all sides (Shihôhi); silk, running “controlling” stitches along all edges; corners silk, four-strand square braid; knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered form terminating in replied fringe
Size: 2813px × 3000px
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