Colcha

NameHanging

Artist Artist not recorded

Date1790 - 1850

Place madeChimayo/Santa Cruz, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWool

DimensionsTextile: 88 1/2 × 67 × 1/2 in. (224.7904 × 170.1803 × 1.27 cm)
Textile with Muslin: 98 1/2 × 77 × 1/2 in. (250.1905 × 195.5804 × 1.27 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, gift of the Fred Harvey Collection, FA.1979.64.94

Object numberFA.1979.64.94

Collections

Rio Grande Textiles

DescriptionEmbroidered. Colcha couching stitch. Ground fabric: white balanced plain weave, handspun wool (Z-spun) 22 per 2.5 cm. Embroidery: handspun wool (Z-spun-paired); white, natural-undyed; tan, dark and light blue, yellow, dark blue-green.

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