Coverlet of natural wool crepe with embroidery in red, green, and ochre yarn of geometric floral vine patterns
- Title
- Coverlet of natural wool crepe with embroidery in red, green, and ochre yarn of geometric floral vine patterns
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Description
- Coverlet of natural wool crepe with embroidery in red, green, and ochre yarn of geometric floral vine patterns including motifs of birds, plants, and trees; embroidered band trims the large rectangular textile with three plant designs at each end; three sections of loomed textiles are sewn together to create the large piece. The designs of this traditional Otomi textile may have been inspired by cave drawings. Typical motifs of Otomi Indians are armadillos, roosters, squirrels, and deer.
- Provenance
- Department purchase.
- Motif
- Floral, plant, and bird
- Work Type
- bedspreads
- Location
- Mexico >> North America
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.001.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Wool
- Technique
- Hand-woven Running stitch Feather stitch embroidery
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
