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Spanish textile tradition of New Mexico and Colorado, Museum of International Folk Art

Catalog Data

Author:
Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.)  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Colorado
New Mexico
Date:
1979
©1979
Notes:
Exhibition held at the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe; the American Museum of Natural History, New York; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Neb.; and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Includes index.
Also issued online.
NMAI copy 39088019416718 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Contents:
A brief history of Spanish textile production in the Southwest / Dorothy Boyd Bowen -- Efectos del pais: A history of weaving along the Rio Grande / Ward Alan Minge -- Rio Grande, Pueblo, and Navajo weavers: Cross-cultural influence / Joe Ben Wheat -- Spanish-Americans, their servants and sheep: A cultural history of weaving in southern Colorado / Marianne L. Stoller -- Introductory remarks / Dorothy Boyd Bowen -- Bands and stripes / Trish Spillman -- Saltillo sarapes of Mexico / Joe Ben Wheat -- Bands and stripes with saltillo design elements / Dorothy Boyd Bowen -- Saltillo design systems / Dorothy Boyd Bowen -- Vallero blankets / Nora Fisher -- Weft ikat blankets / Nora Fisher -- Handspun cotton blankets / Dorothy Boyd Bowen -- Yardage / Nora Fisher -- Jerga / Trish Spillman -- Colcha embroidery / Nora Fisher -- Textile production in twentieth-century New Mexico / Charlene Cerny
Topic:
Textile industry  Search this
Textile fabrics  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1089652