DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US
Spanish Colonial Chest Design
NameEmbroidery
(not entered)Colcha
Maker
Monica Sosaya Halford
(American, born 1931)
CultureHispanic
Date2014
Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumCotton, wool, wood
Dimensions56 5/16 × 26 3/4 in. (143 × 68 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2015.4.1
Object numberA.2015.4.1
DescriptionSeven scenes, six of them of Spanish village and military life, are embroidered on an off-white cloth panel surrounded by a double-row frame of brown embroidered lines. The panels are multi-colored and each has colored flowers on stems with leaves worked around the humans and animals. 1st scene: Two men and a woman in a carriage; 2nd: A woman and a man with a guitar; 3rd: Two women on opposite shores, and eight men on a boat; 4th: Two men on horseback, stylized buildings, and four men grouped together, 5th: Two boats, one holding two men, and another holding three, 6th: Two horses, one with a rider, 7th: Three lions. Wood rod inserted through the top for hanging.
c. 1960
Artist Not Recorded
CA 1965, STAFF