Japan embroidery. Fukusa. Border with silk and gold brocade executed in opus plumarium stitches. The ornamental arts of Japan by George Ashdown Audsley.
Embroidered Fukusa. Japan ornamental arts. Silk and gold brocade.
Category: 1882
Japan. Ornamental arts. Rich Fabrics for obi or girdle. 19th century.
The fabrics here illustrated show two styles of artistic treatment; the ground of one being uniformly purple-black, produced by the silk warp ; while the ground of the other is in bands of different colours, produced, with the exception of those in black, by the silk threads of the woof
CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL. Ornamental design from Japan at the end of the 19th century.
Japan shippō-yaki design. Three segments of a circular border. Cloisonné enamel. Ornamental design 19th century.
