Embroidered round table decoration

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Title Embroidered round table decoration
Source Donors Torres, Esmeralda
Date 2011
Description Color scanned image of Tapete - Spanish word, table decoration. Remembrance of Esmeralda's grandmother, Rosa Cordova Marroquin, who taught her mother Rosvita how to embroider. This type of embroidery is representative of Chiapas because of the style. It is done with silk thread on tulle. It is very traditional for the Chiapaneca dress. It comes from the Zoque culture. The Zoque would do it only on cotton but with the Spanish influence, they started using tulle.
Collection Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR)
Identifier POUR24_0058_003
Contributing Institution UMFA and Artes de Mexico
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Subject Decorative arts; Embroidery; Fabric arts;Flowers in art; Folk art; Needlework; Roses in art; Satin stitch; Textile fabrics; Chiapas (Mexico)
Genre fiber art
Spatial Coverage Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico https://www.geonames.org/6955089/chiapa-de-corzo.html
Rights Management Torres, Esmeralda; Utah Historical Society
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Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6agb3pv
Setname dha_pour
ID 2634950
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6agb3pv