Antique Mexican Beaded Needlework Chalice Veil

Item Details

An antique Mexican beaded needlework chalice veil. The image is executed with white and gray glass bead embroidered over a muslin backed red velvet. The beadwork depicts a cross set upon a mount, surrounded bu an archway of grapevines. 1938.590

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

Wear to fabric around the margins; loose threads; lost beads

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-212