Some Embroideries from New Mexico
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A short illustrated article by Mary Cabot Wheelwright on wool-embroidered bedspreads (sabanillas) from northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado, made about a century before 1932 by descendants of Spanish and Mexican settlers. It describes the homespun ground, solid wool embroidery, long stitch caught by a short stitch, and natural vegetable dyes, and describes six figures: four coverlets, an embroidered church reredos of regional saints, and a large Taos sampler. The text includes a translation of the Spanish inscription on the sampler, which lists animals and is dated 1725, and notes on how the pieces were collected around Santa Fe.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1932
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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