Hispanic Textiles at Couse-Sharp Historic Site

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Weaving the New World: Hispanic Textiles and Their Influence on the Northern Frontier
Courtesy of Couse-Sharp Historic Site

Hopi sash, ca. 1880–1890, 18.5 x 47 in. Two-piece handwoven embroidered sash sewn together with red yarn. White woven cotton fabric with weave of red, green, black, and white yarn wefts on white cotton warp. One panel longer, fringe. On a fireplace mantel in the Couse Home with northern New Mexico Pueblo pottery and a ceramic insert attributed to Nampeyo (Hopi). E. I. Couse Collection.

Weaving the New World: Hispanic Textiles and Their Influence on the Northern Frontier opens December 6 as the winter exhibition at Couse-Sharp Historic Site. Installed in both the modern Dean Porter Gallery space and the 1830s Luna Chapel, Weaving the New World demonstrates the unique, rich, and colorful textile traditions that developed in New Mexico, Mexico, and elsewhere in what is now the American Southwest.

Event Information
Start Date: December 6, 2025
End Date: March 31, 2026
Venue: Couse-Sharp Historic Site

Weaving the New World: Hispanic Textiles and Their Influence on the Northern Frontier

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