Utility Cloth
Servilleta
| Native Name | Servilleta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-35-244 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Sacatepequez San Antonio Aguas Calientes |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | pre 1933 |
| Early Date: | 1928 |
| Late Date: | 1933 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton Silk |
| Length: | 68 cm |
| Width: | 58 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 167-B - Other Number |
Description
Used as a table cloth, particularly under figures of saints, red cotton, warp ends netted inpoints and tasseled, cross stripes of blue, green, yellow and white in combination, two rows of flowers embroidered in the same colors, some with centers of green or rose silk.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 52 epi, 2 singles, Z-twist, red cotton. Weft: 24 ppi, 2 singles, Z-twist, red cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft: single face (striped 2 faced diamond, double faced figures).
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