Rebozo (shawl)
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: "Landscape" rebozo made of three continuous bands between four multicolored bands. The scenic bands are made up of groups of figures in various poses engaged in a variety of activities – play of various instruments, singing and outdoor pleasures. Note the bouquet in the center of the middle band, the two ships in the bottom band to the right of center, the two figures being burned at the stake in bottom band extreme right, two stakes being prepared and not yet set on fire directly above in the top band. Two representations of a ball on a string held by three figures.
place: label: made in
content: Mexico
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. J. B. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1971-12-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Rebozo (shawl)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal Technique: (foundation) warp-faced plain weave; embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 206 x 78.5 cm (6 ft. 9 1/8 in. x 30 7/8 in.)