The Countrywoman - Copyright 1996 Jan Voich
Needlepoint
Kits by Samantha Taylor
Countrywoman - one of Four Central
Needlepoint Motifs from Trades of Talavera - Historical European Tapestry
Collection from 17th Century Spain
The
Countrywoman is reminiscent of the robust female figural representations that Pablo Picasso
paints in Deux femmes courant
sur la plage.
Again - the
perfect triangulation so praised in classical masterpieces may be observed
in the Countrywoman Needlepoint Composition.
The Countrywoman
is dressed in the historical peasant country attire of the period.
The Velveteen or Corduroy skirt consists of six shades of maize - shaded
with two tones of sage green. Nineteen Colors were used to complete this
Needlepoint Figurine. The Four Blues were carefully chosen to match the
original tile colors - yet add perspective to the flat painted strokes.
The familiar touch of Tangerine is used to portray an autumn vegetation
- repeated in the ground cover and falling feed. The Forest shading progresses
into a chartreuse then yellow for the vest and is accurate to the original
tile colors. The original
tile may be viewed below.
Spanish
Colonial Revival in the Southwest
During
the 1920s and 30s - Spanish Colonial Revival was one of the most popular
architectural styles in the Southwest. Colorful ceramic tiles as
well as clay tile roofs - roughly plastered walls - the arched doorways
- and wrought iron window grilles create some of the key elements of this
style. Inspired by the Panama California Exposition of 1915 as well as
travels in Spain and Mexico - many architects found southern California
the ideal setting for this type of architecture. The similarity to Spain*s
climate and landscape was the primary catalyst for using the Spanish Colonial
Revival style to transform houses - stores - offices and even cities throughout
California - Arizona - New Mexico and Texas.
These
needlepoint kits match nicely with The Hunter - and are are lovely
within any country decoration.
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