Spanish textiles

Sleeves, wool, linen, Spanish

Textile with Birds, Leaves and Arabesques | Spanish or Italian | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hispanic Culture was the main inspiration behind this textile design. Mexican and Spanish textiles were researched as well as colorful tile patterns. Several aspects of these patterns were then used and manipulated in the final layout. Other objects such as flowers and circular designs from tile were combined to create this unique, colorful pattern which creates a textile that seems to capture a Hispanic culture and vibe.

detail of Spanish colonial Tapestry fragment Peru 17/18C. Amazinglyly fine work using camelid fibres

Warp stripes of various widths in green, yellow, salmon, pale pink, and white; some with small checks in a contrasting color using blue, yellow and orange supplementary warps.

Fragment Date:15th–16th century Culture:Spanish Medium:Linen Dimensions:16 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches 41.9 x 22.2 cm Classification:Textiles-Printed Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1909 Accession Number:09.50.1097

The whole point of having a little getaway is to relax. Life is full of so much stress sometimes, I'm surprised that we all haven't completely lost our marbles. We are trying hard to keep this place pretty simple. The yard is actually the "work" part of our weekends but I'm not sure planting vegetables and raking leaves is work. My husband can fill an entire pickup full of oak leaves in about 3 hours. We take them to the local compost company, about a mile up the road and pay him $15 dollars…