Sujet

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Japan, early Meiji period (1868-1912), 1868/83. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Japan, early Meiji period (1868-1912), 1868/83.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21B28_020

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

22.2Mo (927.6Ko) / 21.9cm x 25.4cm / 2592 x 3000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature river animal tree plant plants arts bird birds country art crane geography color design weaving Japan Japanese paper gift present location century textiles gallery wrapping fabric silk textile woven art gallery Colour 19th century nineteenth century trees geographical feature Meiji period object Unknown Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art Textiles 19th-century Art Institute Chicago laidwork and couching silk running "controlling" stitches along edges Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi) Mon side: silk twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain interlacing dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen) stenciled with dyes and gold leaf (yûzenzome suri yûzenzome) painted with India ink (sumi) and dye details embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton couching Patterned side: silk plain weave (shioze) stenciled (yûzenzome: suri yûzenzome and otoshizome) and painted India ink (sumi) and gold embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in straight stitches corners: silk and cotton wrapped and knotted re-piled fringe tassels