Saltillo serape
Cooper Hewitt

Saltillo serape

ca. 1880

Medium: two-ply machine spun undyed cotton (warp); handspun undyed wool (brown and white), handspun indigo-dyed wool, handspun synthetic-dyed wool (weft) Technique: weft-faced dovetail tapestry weave
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Late Classic Saltillo serape with a brown field and a central aggregate diamond. Brown field has a repeating red dot pattern with a white wavy dot stripe on either side. Warp ends have multicolored stripes and short off-white fringe. Side borders are stacked, variegated rhombuses in red, purple, yellow-green, dark blue, and light blue.

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