Sampler

Mexico

textileweaving

Date

1825/75

Medium

Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn-work embroidered with linen and silk floss in Aztec, hem, interlaced loop, Russian overcast, and a variation of the Roman stitch; and embroidered with linen and silk floss in back, cross, double running, long-armed cross, and satin stitches

Dimensions

27.6 × 70.2 cm (10 7/8 × 27 5/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Avrina Pugh

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Calaveras locas por la musica (Calaveras Crazy For Music)

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Calaveras locas por la música (Calaveras Crazy about the Music)

Various unidentified artists published by the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexican, founded 1937)