South american textiles

Mannequins dressed in Peruvian clothing from the Cuzco region of Peru. Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM

Covering two hundred years of European and American fabric design from the late 18th to the late 20th century, this is the encyclopedia of textile designs.

Very wide woven sash from Bolivia -- possibly from Cochabamba. Purchased from James and Kevin at Arte de la Vida in Tucson

Chimu Textiles

Embroidery is deeply entrenched in South American history, spanning from ancient times all the way up to the present day. Its history is fascinatingly diverse, demonstrating the great skill and ingenuity that has been passed on from one generation to the next through the millennia. Over the centuries, South American embroidery has evolved into a...

Textiles created by South, Central and North American Indigenous groups make up nearly half of The Textile Museum Collection.

Considered the first art form in the region, cloth has possessed unparalleled importance in the Andes since the second millennium BC.

This fragment from a mantle or hanging dates to around 800-500 B.C. This textile is woven from cotton and shows a plain weave painted with oxide dyes to create a resist-dyed pattern. This textile comes from the Chavin culture of the South Coast/Central Andes of Peru.

A Large Chachapoya Painted Textile c. 800-1400 AD The Chachapoya empire on the Eastern slopes of the Andes - Available at 2019 June 25 Ethnographic Art:...