New Mexico Colcha Club
Subtitle: Spanish colonial embroidery & the women who saved it
By: by Nancy C. Benson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Fe
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780890135198
Subjects: Arte Antiguo (Club : Espanola, N.M.); Embroidery -- New Mexico -- History; Coverlets -- New Mexico -- History; Hispanic American decorative arts -- New Mexico -- History; New Mexico -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface; title: Pt. 1. Roots of Colcha embroidery in the Spanish province of New Mexico; title: Pt. 2. Revival of Colcha embroidery : Esther the activist; title: Pt. 3. Renaissance of Colcha embroidery : Esther the artist; title: Works cited; title: Index.