Stitching rites : colcha embroidery along the northern Rio Grande /

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"Colcha embroidery is a traditional Spanish colonial style of textile, bed covering, or wall hanging dating from the early nineteenth century. In the first book to consider this craft, Suzanne P. MacAulay provides a detailed account of this folk art tradition that is both old and constantly ren...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacAulay, Suzanne P. (Suzanne Pollock), 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Embroidery > San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
Coverlets > San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
Hispanic American decorative arts > San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Coverlets
Embroidery
Hispanic American decorative arts
United States > San Luis Valley
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Tierra Nueva
  • 2. Josephine Lobato as Cultural Commentator
  • 3. Change and Tradition in Historical Colcha Making
  • 4. Embroidery Revivals
  • 5. The Ladies Sewing Circle of San Luis
  • 6. Stitches of Myth and Memory.

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