Rio Grande

Date1890-1910

MediumWool (animal fiber)

Dimensions84 × 47 3/4 in. (213.4 × 121.3 cm)

ClassificationsTextile, Fiber Arts, & Beadwork

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1995 General Obligation Bonds

Object numberPC1998.19.41

DescriptionSaltillo style Rio Grande with central serrate diamond flanked by hourglass and diamond shapes, zigzag side borders & striped end borders. Collected by Ward Alan Minge in the early 1960s; attributed to the Montoya Family of El Valle, New Mexico, by Irvin Trujillo.

Style: El Valle, tapestry, two-piece
Warps: Commercial 4-ply, S-ply, Z-spun gold cotton
Wefts: Natural 1-ply, Z-spun beige churro cross wool
Synthetic 1-ply, Z-spun green, yellow, pink, light and dark red, churro cross
Seam: Commercial multiple-ply beige cotton
Sides: Two sets of paired warps, both sides
Ends: Fringed, knotted in groups of 4, singed
7 warps per inch
24 wefts per inch
23 1/2" widths

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