Season 3, Episode 4 (Episode 50)

Historic Embroidery in Mexico: An Interview with Mayela Flores

  • Mayela Flores
  • Museo Franz Mayer


  • Sampler by María de Jesús Martínez, c. 1827 – 1836, Museo Franz Mayer 


  • Sampler (detail of Aztec stitch), unknown maker, c. 1840, Museo Franz Mayer

  • Sampler (detail of Aztec stitch) by Alta Grasia Barrozo, 1858,
    Museo Textile de Oaxaca


  • Embroidered chasuble, guild of embroiderers, México, 18th century, Museo Franz Mayer

  • Wedding huipil, Amuzgo community, México, c. 1970, Museo de Historia Méxicana, Museo del Palacio y Museo del Noreste


  • Sampler by María Benigna Domínguez, 1870, Art Institute of Chicago


  • Sampler by María Manuela Salazar y Arocena, 1784, Philadelphia Museum of Art


  • Sampler by Francisca, 1842, private collection

  • Sampler by Manuela Garay, c. 1860, Museo Franz Mayer 
  • Sampler by Guadalupe de Alba, 1862, Museo de Historia Méxicana, Museo del Palacio y Museo del Noreste

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