Embroidered cover (colcha)
mid-17th - early 18th centuries
(not assigned)Toluca, Mexico
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave embroidered with wool and cotton in long-arm cross, back and stem stitches
Dimensions268 x 187 cm (105 1/2 x 73 5/8 in.); Legacy dimension: 1.87 x 2.68
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number96.109
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Provenance1883, purchased by Sylvester Baxter of Boston in Mexico City; 1896 sold by Baxter to Denman Waldo Ross; 1896 gift of Ross to the MFA.
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