Rio Grande Textiles

Name: Rio Grande Textiles
Brand: Museum of New Mexico Press
SKU: ByrdShop_0890132666
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paperback – January 1, 1994

by Nora Fisher

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ISBN-13: 9780890132661 ISBN-10: 0890132666

Publisher

Museum of New Mexico Press

Binding

paperback

Published

January 1, 1994

Weight

2.3 lbs

Dimensions

27.90×1.90×23.50 cm

About this book

Rio Grande Textiles by Nora Fisher. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780890132661.

Rio Grande Textiles celebrates the vibrant and distinctive art form present in the Spanish communities of New Mexico and southern Colorado since European importation of the loom to the Rio Grande Valley some 400 years ago. The regions weavers evolved the distinctive styles and patterns found in Saltillo and Vallero blankets, weft ikat, handspun cotton blankets, jerga floor coverings, and colcha embroidery.