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Gift cover (fukusa)
Japanese
Edo period
late 18th or early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk damask (rinzu), silk embroidery (shishû) and gold metallic thread couching (koma-nui)
Dimensions
51.12 x 54.61 cm (20 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.3812
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGift cover (fukusa) with design of flower-filled basket on a cart embroidered in purple, pink, reddish-orange, green, white and black silk floss and couched with gold metallic thread on a white silk damask ground with woven repeating crane and floral pattern; reddish-orange plain-weave silk backing.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.