Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Stripes — Handwoven Michoacán Cotton with Silk Fringe & Feathers silver handmade silver

handmade silver

This necklace uses those motifs with care — the design is 3

Yes — circa 1940

The rebozo is among Mexico's most enduring textile traditions

25 inches wide

Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Stripes — Handwoven Michoacán Cotton with Silk Fringe & Feathers silver handmade silverThe stripes are not chosen. They are composed the way a painter composes a canvas. This rebozo comes from a Purepecha artisan in Michoacn whose color combinations have made her work stand apart within her community. The bold, measured stripes running the length of the cloth are her signature a deliberate composition, not a default pattern. Then, at each end, she ties hundreds of individual silk threads by hand into the knotted fringe the Purepecha