DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Furoshiki

NameWrapping cloth

Artist Artist not recorded

Dateca. 1880

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumCotton

DimensionsOverall: 26 3/8 x 25 9/16 in. (67 x 65 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Mr. William Hoffman

Object numberA.2012.8.13

Collections

Asia

DescriptionDark blue cotton cloth seamed down center. Nearly square but with slightly pointed corners. Embroidery designs divided diagonally over each half of surface in heavy cotton off white thread. One half embroidered in a diamond motif, with zigzag lines through the centers and bow-tie forms at the tips. The other half embroidered with large, interlocking, four-part motifs with cross-like forms in the centers. The two side edges selvaged and embroidered, the top and bottom edges seamed. Embroidered through fabric, so pattern is the same on both sides.