Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Stripes — Handwoven Michoacán Cotton with Silk Fringe & Feathers silver Yes — circa 1940

Yes — circa 1940

25 inches wide

they are lighter than they look

There is no faster method that produces the same result

They combined Chinese artistic traditions with appeal to Western tastes and are now a recognized collector category

Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Stripes — Handwoven Michoacán Cotton with Silk Fringe & Feathers silver Yes — circa 1940The 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