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Embroidered Escudo de Monja (Nun's Badge)
Embroidered Escudo de Monja (Nun's Badge)
Date: ca. 1700-1750
Dimensions:
Diameter 17.1 cm (Diameter 6 3/4 in.)
Medium: Silk, silver-wrapped silk, paint on paper or parchment
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Robert W. DeForest, 1934.
Place Made:Mexico
Period: Spanish Colonial
Culture: Mexican
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DescriptionEscudo, embroidered with the Virgin of the Inmaculate COnception in the center and Saints around. Right Saint Joachim, left Saint Anne..
Mary's figure and the saints around are embroidered with loose silk thread using a stitch called the punto de matiz or tendido that forms a pattern of broken lines. the composition is framed by a a thick padded circular border covered by gallooned silk and silver thread embroidery.
Mary's figure and the saints around are embroidered with loose silk thread using a stitch called the punto de matiz or tendido that forms a pattern of broken lines. the composition is framed by a a thick padded circular border covered by gallooned silk and silver thread embroidery.
Accession Number: H4001
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