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Wrapping cloth (furoshiki)
Japanese
Shôwa era
mid-20th century
Object Place: Northern Japan
Medium/Technique
Cotton, plain-weave; indigo dyed, cotton quilting (sashiko)
Dimensions
Height x width: 141.6 x 132.1 cm (55 3/4 x 52 in.)
Credit Line
Adrienne Iselin Gilbert Memorial Fund
Accession Number2007.505
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionIndigo-dyed cotton wrapping cloth (furoshiki) with decorative quilting stitches in white cotton thread at each corner: two corners have a fan motif (ohgi); one corner has a pine bark patterned (matsukawa-bishi); and one corner has an interlocking swastika pattern (manji tsunagi). There are white cotton braided tassels at two corners. The piece is constructed of four lengths of fabric hand-stitched together with a hand-stitched hem on two sides. At one corner there is a family name written in ink on a small piece of white cotton which is stitched onto the surface of the wrapping cloth.
ProvenancePurchased by seller in Yonezawa, Japan in 1995; Purchased by MFA June 27, 2007