Repostero Coat of Arms for the Duke of Alburquerque

Date1665

Mediumsilk, velvet, gold, silver, linen, galoon, jute, thread

DimensionsOverall: 142 x 142 in. (360.7 x 360.7 cm), approximately 12 x 12 feet.

ClassificationsTextile, Fiber Arts, & Beadwork

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the 18th Duke (Don Beltran Osorio y Diez de Rivera) and Duchess of Alburquerque, Spain via the City of Albuquerque Public Art Program

Object numberPC1973.33.1

DescriptionA repostero is also referred to as a wallhanging or tapestry. Presented to the City of Albuquerque by Don Beltran Osorio y Diez de Rivera, the 18th Duke of Alburquerque, July 10, 1956, on the occasion of the city's 250th anniversary of it's founding. The repostero was made in Messina, Sicily during the office of Don Fernandez de la Cueva, at one time the family had 50 of them, but that half were destroyed in the Spanish Civil war [1936-1939]. The colonial family repostero features a heraldic coat of arms and other symbols. Embroidered designs of silver wrapped thread on red velvet with a base of flesh-colored linen. Square shape with a central coat-of-arms topped by a crown and ringed along the edges by implements of war including muskets, helmets, axes, and cannon.

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