Spanish New Mexico: The Spanish Colonial Arts Society Collection
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ISBN: 0890133115 / Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Pr, October 1996
This lavishly illustrated two-volume set features 600 of the Society's more than 2,500 pieces and co...
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This lavishly illustrated two-volume set features 600 of the Society's more than 2,500 pieces and contextualizes a range of traditional and contemporary Hispanic arts. The first volume covers saints in the Hispanic world and in New Mexico, furniture, straw applique, precious metals, tinwork, utilitarian implements, and textiles. Volume two includes essays on the founding of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society and Spanish Market, the revival period arts and artists, and the revival of straw applique and tinwork, as well as profiles of contemporary colonial artists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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