Altar Cloth

NameAltar Cloth

CultureNew Mexican

Datec. 1865

Place madeLlano de Santa Barbara, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumCotton, indigo, cochineal, vegetable dyes

Dimensions85 13/16 × 55 1/8 in. (218 × 140 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.1967.44.1

Object numberA.1967.44.1

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DescriptionWide, two widths of commercial cotton drill, original selvedges. Embroidery in colcha stitch, 3 ply "Saxony" yarns. Dyes, cochineal, ligh and dark, indigo, light and dark, pale yellow, vegetal light tan, vegetal brown, vegetal dye.

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