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A fukusa of dark blue silk satin
with long pointed leaves and flower stems of couched silver gilt threads forming a central roundel, framed and backed with red crepe, tassels at each corner--29 x 32in. (72 x 80cm); and another of olive green silk woven with hexagons of siver and gilt threads, with birds, bamboo, and prunus blossom, the reverse of red silk with a gilt stylised flowerhead--25½ x 28in. (64 x 70cm), Japanese, 19th century
See Colour Plate with first fukusa (2)
with long pointed leaves and flower stems of couched silver gilt threads forming a central roundel, framed and backed with red crepe, tassels at each corner--29 x 32in. (72 x 80cm); and another of olive green silk woven with hexagons of siver and gilt threads, with birds, bamboo, and prunus blossom, the reverse of red silk with a gilt stylised flowerhead--25½ x 28in. (64 x 70cm), Japanese, 19th century
See Colour Plate with first fukusa (2)