Blue Otomí Accent Framed Textile
Product Information With motifs of deer, roosters, and vining botanicals, this iconic textile is thought to signify luck and prosperity. Each piece is intricately hand-embroidered by masterful Otomí artists and finished with our signature gold St. Frank plate in the bottom right-hand corner.DETAILS:Material: Embroidered textile mounted onto natural linen; Framed in black, white, or maple mouldings in a modern cap, or luciteOrientation: VerticalMade In: MexicoBlack, white, and maple mouldings are paired with white linen. Lucite frames are paired with natural flax linen.DIMENSIONS:Lucite Frame: 37.5" W x 28.5" HBlack, White, and Maple Frame: 38.5" W x 29.5" H Provenance This intricate St. Frank embroidery is handmade by the indigenous Otomí people of Tenango de Doria in central Mexico. The Otomí faced an economic crisis in the 1960s caused by severe drought in their predominantly subsistence farming region. As an alternative source of income, the Otomí women popularized the Tenango embr