DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US

Colcha embroidery

NameTextile, Colcha

Artist Artist Not Recorded

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)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1975.28.1

Object numberFA.1975.28.1

Collections

Rio Grande Textiles

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.

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