Bedcover
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cream wool plain weave embroidered with wool in shades of blue, red and lavender with some yellow. Central motif of stylized flowers around which stands birds and fantastic animals, and inscribed on three sides "Ny me presto, Ny me doy, Solo de mi dueña soy." Martina Peres." Ornamental bouquets grow out of small urns in the four corners and on the four sides, among them scattered birds, fish and a mermaid. Crowded border of flowers, birds, and antelopes. Mazahua-style of embroidery from central Mexico.
place: label: made in
content: Huixquilucan, 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. Arthur W. Butler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-1-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bedcover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool, cotton Technique: wool plain weave (3 selvage to selvage widths sewn together); stitches – herringbone, double running
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 178 x 168.5 cm (5 ft. 10 1/16 in. x 5 ft. 6 5/16 in.)