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Gift cover (fukusa)
Japanese
Meiji era
late 19th or early 20th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold metallic thread; satin-weave ground, embroidered (shishû), couched (koma nui)
Dimensions
91.4 x 73.0 cm (36 x 28.75 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.220
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGift cover (fukusa) with design of green and blue parrot on a perch with feeder suspended by a reddish-orange and gold tassled cord and surrounded by floral arabesque border in silk embroidery and gold and silver metallic thread couching on a dark blue satin ground; reddish-orange plain-weave crepe silk backing with twisted gold silk tassels at each corner.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921