DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US

Colcha

NameEmbroidery, Blanket

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateafter 1919

Place madeCarson, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWool

Dimensions47 1/4 × 78 3/4 in. (120 × 200 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Estate of Amelia B. Hollenbeck, A.1971.29.2

Object numberA.1971.29.2

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DescriptionHorizontal design for a hanging. Support, old plainweave fabric, re-used. Embroidery in colcha stitch, solidly worked overall, of handspun, one ply yarns natural and aniline dyed, ravelled from worn old Rio Grande blankets.

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