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Gift Cover (Fukusa)late Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century

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Embroidered blue satin panel with red border, depicting a robed elder seated on a sea turtle amid gold-thread waves and radiating lines

Unknown, Gift Cover (Fukusa), late Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Anonymous gift, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Gift Cover (Fukusa)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century
Medium
Silk satin with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk-thread embroidery, silk plain weave (crepe; chirimen), and silk and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk-thread tassels
Dimensions
27 1/2 × 26 in. (69.85 × 66.04 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
AC1992.188.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles