Cultural Threads: The Colcha Revivalat Martinez Hacienda
June 15 - January 6, 2013
Location: Hacienda de los Martinez
Cultural Threads – Nellie Dunton and the Colcha Revival in New Mexico features colchas from the THM’s permanent collections and the hand-colored plates of colcha designs from Nellie Dunton’s the Spanish Colonial Ornament. In the 1930s the Federal Art Project encouraged colcha (a form of embroidery) work in Northern New Mexico. During this time, Nellie Dunton, the former wife of Taos Society of Artists W. Herbert ‘Buck’ Dunton undertook the study of design patterns found on Spanish Colonial colchas. Her published portfolio of hand-colored plates was instrumental in the revival of this art form.
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Cultural Threads: The Colcha Revivalat Martinez Hacienda
June 15 - January 6, 2013
Hacienda de los Martinez
Cultural Threads – Nellie Dunton and the Colcha Revival in New Mexico features colchas from the THM’s permanent collections and the hand-colored plates of colcha designs from Nellie Dunton’s the Spanish Colonial Ornament. In the 1930s the Federal Art Project encouraged colcha (a form of embroidery) work in Northern New Mexico. During this time, Nellie Dunton, the former wife of Taos Society of Artists W. Herbert ‘Buck’ Dunton undertook the study of design patterns found on Spanish Colonial colchas. Her published portfolio of hand-colored plates was instrumental in the revival of this art form.
