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 and single interlocking tapestry weave with outlining wefts (tsuzure), lining: silk, plain weave with creped wefts (chirimen, hitokoshi), sewn with padded lining extending beyond front at center on all four sides (yatsuzuma), controlling stitches: silk, running controlling stitches along all edges, corners: silk, four-strand square braid, knotted atop open buttonhole filling stitch covered gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper c

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