DepartmentEurope

Feria de Abril horse and carriage set

NameTraces or tugs

CultureSpanish

Datec. 2013

Place madeSevilla, Spain, Europe

MediumLeather, brass, rope

Dimensions85 1/16 × 2 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (216 × 7 × 5 cm)

Credit LineTraditional flamenco parade horse and carriage set (Enganche Calsera de Cuero) for Feria de April (April Seville Fair), designed by Guarnicionería Vicente Rodríguez Robles, Sevilla, Spain, c. 2013, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, FA.2014.41.1-7.

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Object numberFA.2014.41.4ab

ProvenancePurchsed by Nicolasa Chavez during field research for the Flamenco exhibition in 2013 (Seville, Spain. http://guarnicioneriavr.blogspot.com/)

DescriptionTwo identical leather pieces for the belly of the horse; At one end of each item is a length of rope with a loop of leather covering the rope; At the other end, there are two belt buckles in brass-one smaller than the other; The rope runs through the leather piece and does not show at the buckle end; A stylized butterfly design is stitched into each end of the leather piece.