Episode 17

Fashion in 18th-Century Colonial Spanish America: An Interview with Laura Beltrán-Rubio (3 September 2020)

  • Laura Beltrán-Rubio
  •  Vicente Albán, “Indian Woman in Special Attire (Yndia en trage de gala),” 1783, from LACMA
  • Joaquín Gutiérrez, “Portrait of Doña María Tadea González Manrique del Frago y Bonís, Marquesa de San Jorge [Marchioness of Saint George],” 1775, from Museo Colonial
  • 18th-century waistcoat, from Museo Colonial
  • 18th-century shoes, from Museum Colonial
  • Sample book showing fabrics popular in Quito, Ecuador, 1780, from Archivo General de Indias
  • Andean seat cover, Peru, late 17th/early 18th-century, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Espadrilles made by Laura’s grandmother
  • Espadrilles in action
  • Laura knitting

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