New Mexico Colcha Club : Spanish colonial embroidery & the women who saved it
Entry/Object ID
TT769.U62.B4 2008
Description
Flourishing in the hands of colonial women in the isolated province of New Mexico, women worked their yarn into colcha embroidery. A century later, colcha faced oblivion as commercial cloth became more available. This book looks at the history, beauty, and various styles of New Mexico colcha embroidery and tells the uplifting story of how a small group of determined women revived a Hispanic cultural tradition destined for extinction.
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Lucy Dillon
Notes
Gift of Lucy Dillon, February 2024.
Lexicon
Search Terms
embroidery--new mexico--history, coverlets--new mexico--history, historic american decorative arts--new mexico--history, new mexico--social life and customs--anecdotes
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Nancy C. Benson
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Place Published
City
Santa Fe, NM
Date Published
2008
ISBN
0890135193, 9780890135198
LCCN
2008013227
Notes
Length: 168
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Roots of Colcha embroidery in the Spanish province of New Mexico -- Revival of Colcha embroidery : Teofila the activist -- Renaissance of Colcha embroidery : Esther the artist.
