This is a place to post and study pictures of Mexican rebozos.  You pictures of rebozos would be a delightful addition,  Mine are from books, magazine or the web.

 

An ikat rebozo with long elaborate macrame finges.    Note the fringes are all white, no dye on them.

 

A brocaded rebozo.  The supplemental weft goes from selvage to selvage.  The Fringe has only a touch of macrame.  One can see a bit of texture fron the weft in this one;I

wonder if it is hand spun.

A stack of rebozos from a simple pin stripe to elaborate ikat.  All are warp-faced.

 

Comments

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 03:29

Karren K. Brito

Here is a photo on Flickr where you can see the beautiful patterened gauze bands in this rebozo.

The gauze is an elaborate form of leno or crossed -warp weaving.  I had only seen it in white before.

Tue, 09/13/2011 - 04:23

Karren K. Brito

These are all cotton and many are a thin cloth.

What I see many colors in the warp, some ikat,  The ikat is mostly black dye on white threads.  No macrame fringes.  Cotton warp does not have that heavy slinky hand for the fringe that the silk or rayon ones does.

The colorways are bold, the bottom shawl has 12 colors that I can see plus the black and white  of the ikat.

 

Sun, 09/18/2011 - 07:38

Karren K. Brito

Here is an all white cotton piece with  macrame and tassels

Doesn't look to me to be wide enough for a rebozo, but the exuberent finish sucked me in.

Sun, 09/18/2011 - 08:05

B P (not verified)

Karren, these are fabulous, fabulous pictures! I so enjoyed looking at them...thank-you.

Beth

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 01:44

Karren K. Brito

This is a rebozo on the wall of a museum in Mexico.  I don't know anything more about it.  The colorful band at the botton could be brocade or embroidery.  Finished with colorful tassels.

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 04:04

francorios (not verified)

How wide are these rebozos? I see some that are 3 or 4 feet wide and others that look about six inches wide. Are there really narrow rebozos as well?

Have a good day!

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 05:53

Karren K. Brito

Here is a discussion of sizes, but a 6" wide rectangle I would consider a sash  not a rebozo.  I don't think you could carry a baby or much with a 6" wide one.Here is a short discussion of rebozos.  Sometimes they are folded in the photograph.

Wed, 09/21/2011 - 23:56

francorios (not verified)

I noticed this comment on wikipedia: "Rebozos are a product of the intermingling of the cultures colonized by Spain. It is unknown whether the Indigenous people of Mexico used them before the arrival of the Spanish, but the word does not appear in the Spanish language until the year 1562. " I am thinking the "mantas" were woven in pre-Columbian times and would be similar to the rebozos? Have a good day!
Fri, 09/30/2011 - 00:22

Karren K. Brito

is a unique Mexican word. En Venezuela, where I lived most people wouldn't have a clue what it is.  Each indingeous group has it's own shoulder--manta, chal, chalina......

Sun, 10/16/2011 - 16:37

bolivian warmi

I blogged this week about the knotted fringes on the ikat shawls of Ecuador with lots of pictures that were sent to me from the private collection of the late Dennis Penley of both the ikat shawls and the knotwork. There is some amazing embroidery worked onto the knotwork as well.

Photo uploads are not working for me again here so all I can do is give you a link to my blog post. I also embedded a beautiful video of artisans at work knotting designs into the fringes of rebozos in Santa Maria del Rios in Mexico.

Thu, 10/20/2011 - 16:45

bolivian warmi

I am in the US now with super high speed internet...whee! and can now add to this colorful and pretty thread with a picture of some of the knot work and embroidery on the warp ends of the Ecuadorian ikat shawls that I mentioned above....

This embroidery has been worked on a mesh of hand knotted warp ends...imagine!

 

Thu, 10/20/2011 - 17:40

Slipstream (not verified)

Beautiful work, beautiful pictures.  I have travelled extensively in Mexico and I have been fascinated by the various rebozos in the differing regions.   I've also enjoyed seeing the various mantilla combs but of course that is another subject.

Regards,

Charles