Purepecha Rebozo Shawl — Red and Black Handwoven Cotton with Silk Fringe (Michoacán) violet Named-artisan pieces from this community

Named-artisan pieces from this community are actively collected by institutions and private collectors

or can be used as a lightweight blanket

Material: 925 Sterling Silver

it reads architectural

One of my favorite pairs

Purepecha Rebozo Shawl — Red and Black Handwoven Cotton with Silk Fringe (Michoacán) violet Named-artisan pieces from this communityRed and black the colors a Purepecha weaver chooses when she wants the piece to last a lifetime. This rebozo came off a backstrap loom in Michoacn after roughly a month of full time weaving. The color palette is not decorative whim it is composition, the same way a painter decides what goes where on a canvas. The bold red and black stripes carry their own visual weight, and then the fringe begins: hundreds of silk threads tied by hand at each end into