DepartmentHispano
Doors for the Hispanic Heritage Wing Gallery
NameDoors for the Hispanic Heritage Wing Gallery
Artist or maker
Elidio Gonzales (1912-1988), Antonio Archuleta, and Edwin Martinez
CultureHispano
Date1987
Place madeTAOS, NEW MEXICO, United States, NORTH AMERICA
Mediummilled Ponderosa pine
Dimensions100 13/16 x 38 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (256 x 97.5 x 8 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.1990.5.1v
ProvenanceCommissioned for use as part of HHW furnishings in Familia y Fe exhibit, installed in exhibit 1987.
DescriptionTwo doors. Milled pine, sawn, stained, w/recessed panels. One door contains inner door w/4 panels. Upper half of doors has 5 recessed panels and carved inscription "Estas puertas fueron echas para la Sala de la Herencia Hispana en el ano demil novecientos ochenta y siete." Backs of doors contain undecorated recessed panels in the same configuration as front. Doors turn on pintle hinges. Forged iron hardware: 2 snipe hinges, 2 eyehooks, 2 hasps made by Rolando de Leon (See FA.1988.82.1-4 only.)
19th century, C. Mather
Jesús Urbano Cardenas
c. 1985
19th century AD
