1870 / 1899, Mexico

1870 / 1899, Mexico

Identifier
T.40-1931
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Alfred Percival Maudslay, Esq.
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Dimension
262.5 cm (length)
22 cm (length)
96 cm (width)
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Type of object

Description

Rebozo of woven silk with a braided fringe, probably made in Mexico, 1870-1899 Rebozo of woven silk with a braided fringe. 1931 Description: Sash of woven silk. The sash is woven with a shot effect in blue and red, and with very narrow stripes of black, bearing a repeat of an S-pattern in white. At either end is a knotted silk fringe in brown , blue and white. 1975 Description: The pattern is a reversed S-motif. 1997 Notes: The weave is a 1/3 twill. the weft is purple silk; the warp is dark brown, brown, blue and white silk braided at the ends to form a fringe. The warp is arranged in stripes: on one face they are white and blue with dark brown appearing in the white stripe for form a reversed 'S'. On the reverse face the stripes are brown and white with dark brown appearing in the white stripe forming a faint 'S'. Where blue appears one face, brown appears on the other. Occasionally the blue is missing and the combination of brown warp and purple weft gives the appearance of a red stripe.