Taos Historic Museums | Taos, New Mexico
Upcoming:
Cultural Threads – Nellie Dunton and the Colcha Revival in New Mexico
June 15th - January 30th, 2013
June 15th - January 30th, 2013
Cultural Threads – Nellie Dunton and the Colcha Revival in New Mexico
Featured will be 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 William ‘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.
Location: Hacienda de los Martinez
