Colcha embroidery
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1840-1865
Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America
Place collectedCapulin, Colorado, United States
MediumCotton, wool, natural dyes, including cochineal
Dimensions83 7/16 × 55 1/8 in. (212 × 140 cm)
ClassificationsTextile, Domestic
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1975.28.1
Object numberFA.1975.28.1
DescriptionColcha embroidery, wool on commercial cotton ground. Floral motifs in yellows and tans, white, blues, and browns. Five separate borders of floral motifs surround the center motif of seven prancing deer.On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1865
late 18th-19th century
