Postales Roisin
[Woman Smoking]

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Publisher Postales Roisinactive 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

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Photography

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Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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