Postales Roisin
[Woman Smoking]

Publisheractive Barcelona, c. 1910–1962
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • [Woman Smoking]
Date1930–1962
MediumEmbroidered postcard
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.137.6.31
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionDigital technology has made changes to color and additions to photographs quick and easy, yet in the early 20th century embellishments and colors had to be laboriously applied by hand to photographs to create more realistic images and to distinguish important details. This stunning Spanish example was carefully and colorfully embroidered to emphasize the elaborate details of the beautiful colors of the woman’s Mantón shawl.
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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Painting, Crafts & Scrapbooking Meets Photography
1880–1970
Albumen silver prints, gelatin silver prints, collages, embroidered postcards, chromogenic prints, internal dye diffusion transfer prints
2020.137.6.1-.196
Vicent Charles. The English Bullfighter.
F. Molina
1940s–1950s
Embroidered postcard
2020.137.6.30
Counterpane
18th century
Wool embroidered with crewel wool
B.63.73
Evening Gown
1960s
Embroidered cloth and beaded fabric
94.102
Dress
1916
Fine embroidered lawn
86.627
front
1916
Embroidered net and silk
86.625.A,.B
Evening Dress
1928
Embroidered chiffon and graduated heavy fringe
86.661
Skirt
1922
Embroidered silk
86.644.1
Belt
1922
Embroidered silk
86.644.4
Scarf
1922
Embroidered silk
86.644.3
Wrap
c. 1905
Embroidered wool and silk
95.499
Dress
1920–1929
Embroidered net
95.549