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.
1719
1743
16th century
Late 16th century
18th century
about A.D. 300
16th century
16th century
17th–19th century
16th–19th century
A.D. 50–100
late 18th–early 19th century