Saltillo Serape
CultureSaltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Dateca. 1800
MediumWool, cotton, and natural dyes
DimensionsOverall: 90 1/2 × 48 inches (229.87 × 121.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan De Jong
Object number2021.40.5
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DescriptionThe weaving is a classic Saltillo serape. It has a large central diamond is created by a number of concentric diamond-shaped lines. These alternate between red and pink. There is one white band with red dots in it. All of the interior diamonds have outlined serrate edges. Around the central diamond is a large rectangle of dark reddish brown. It is accented with V-shapes lines comprised of smaller light-colored dots. The weaving has a border of the darker red with many smaller diamond shapes in darker colors inside it. The letters “A C” are woven into the piece near one corner of the central diamond.Exhibition HistoryMuseum of American Folk Art, Patterns of Prestige: The Development and Influence of the Saltillo Sarape in Spanish America, New York, January 7- March 1, 1992; Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, March 23-May 25, 1992; The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, August 24-October 19, 1992; Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, November 9, 1992-January 4, 1993; The Textie Museum, Washington D.C., January 25-June 7, 1993; St. Louis County Museum, Clayton, Missouri, September 13-November 8, 1993.
From a private collector, Florida;
Sold at Sotheby's Sale 7002, June 4,1997, New York;
Susan De Jong, Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2021.
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