Fukusa (Gift Cover). 1775–1800. Japan. Patterned side silk, warp-float faced 7 1 satin weave self-pattered by areas of weft-float faced 1 3 'Z' twill interlacings; appliquéd with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in surface satin stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen) (possibly dyed with safflower (beni); interlined with cotton, plain weave; sewn with padded lining extending beyond front at center on all four sides (Yatsuzuma); silk, running controlling stitches along all edges; silk, knotted, cut fringe tassels

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