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Maxi dress

Description: Caftan style maxi dress of unbleached muslin trimmed in multicolored streamers of satin ribbon. Horizontal lines of satin ribbon across front of bodice release at sides to form streamers down the sides. Rounded neckline; full length triangular bell sleeves with hanging streamers of turquoise and gold satin ribbon. Center front zipper closure is bordered in turquoise ribbon with multicolored streamers extending from the base of the zipper. Bias tape along hem embroidered "Josefa for Anna Villa".
Date: 1960/1975
Creator: Ibarra, Josefa

[Mazatlán, Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a seated woman in Mazatlán, Mexico. The woman is seated on a patio by the ocean. A tree and some large rocks are visible on the patio behind the woman. The ocean and distant shoreline are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Mexican House]

Description: Photograph of a house in Mexico. The house is situated in the center foreground amidst dense plant life. There is a pool on the left side of the house. Beyond the house, the sea and distant shore are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Mexican House]

Description: Photograph a house in Mexico. A doorway is visible in the foreground. Through the doorway, an entrance way and chair are visible. The tile roof and bell are visible in the top of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Palace Wall]

Description: Photograph of a wall of the Palacio de Cortés in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Two women are visible in the left edge of the foreground. Behind the women, the stone wall is visible. Two arched windows are visible in the second story of the wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Palacio de Cortés]

Description: Photograph of the Palacio de Cortés in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The palace is visible in the left side of the frame. Cars are parked beside the palace. A red building is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

Panel

Description: Length of Handwoven Fabric. Two breadth garment handwoven in cotton on the backstrap loom. Natural brown cotton with white cotton stripes - warp faced weave. The 2 panels are joined with machine stitching and the ends have machine stitched hems. One panel is slightly longer (2 3/8") than the other.
Date: 1970/1979

Patchwork jacket

Description: Jacket of multicolored jewel-tone patchwork synthetic. Hip length; jewel neckline; open at center front; edged with black piping all over and around arms eye. Patchwork is made of blue, pink, turquoise, and blue organically shaped panels with sporadic roundels and teardrops of jewel-tone velvet, with pattern matched across the center front opening. Lined in black synthetic. Labels: Center back “La coleccion / Judith Roberts / Hecho en Mexico” with large line drawing of woman Size: M Content: “7… more
Date: 1980/1989
Creator: Roberts, Judith

[Patio}

Description: Photograph of a patio in Mexico. Numerous plants and items of furniture are spread across the patio. The patio is paved with tiles and lined with brick planters. A man is visible in the right middle ground of the photograph. The surrounding landscape is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

Play ensemble

Description: Play ensemble of multicolor hibiscus floral print on chartreuse/yellow-green ground. All edges hand-finished. Play outfit consists of: A) Top/Blouse. Midriff-length/cropped top. Deep V neckline, center front opening that ties at hem. Cut wide at shoulders create short wing/cap puffed sleeves. Unlined. Built-in shoulder pads. Designer's label: Bette Ann / Mexico B) Shorts. Slightly flaring; no waistband; left side zipper. Unlined. C) Wrap-around over-skirt/sarong. Full-length, formed of a wide… more
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: Bette Ann

[Red House]

Description: Photograph of a red house in Taxco de Alarcón, Mexico. The house has blue doorways on the bottom floor and brown doors on the top floor. The top floor also a balcony covered in potted plants. Two figures walk in front of the bottom of the house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Seaside Pool]

Description: Photograph of a pool by the sea in Mexico. Part of the pool and pool deck are visible in the bottom foreground. Many people are scattered around and in the pool. Behind the pool, the sea and rocky shoreline are visible. An island is situated in the left background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

T-Shirt - Che Guevara

Description: T-shirt of white cotton, having short sleeves and a rounded neckline, which is printed with an artistic rendering of a portrait of Che Guevara, arranged as large main central portrait in black, surrounded by four smaller renditions in pale gray. Acquired by the donor in Mexico City in 1971 from a vendor in the Mexico City Metro. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (b. June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina - d. La Higuera, Bolivia, October 9, 1967) commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marx… more
Date: 1970

Skirt suit

Description: Skirt suit of gray crepe. A) Jacket: Box style; single breasted with closure of three gray buttons and bound buttonholes. Hip length. Long, full sleeves are square cut into the rounded shoulder of the jacket; gathers into 2” cuffs and close with a matching button and bound buttonhole. Half belt around the back attaches at the sides with matching buttons. Lined in mauve acetate; shoulder pads. Designer's label: Manuel Méndez H. / Mexico Retailer's label: Salon International / El Palacio de Hier… more
Date: 1986
Creator: Méndez, Manuel

[Stone Wall]

Description: Photograph of a stone wall in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The wall is visible on the right side of the frame. There is a door in the wall in the foreground. A stone water basin sits in the center foreground. A group of people is visible behind the basin. A car is parked next to the wall in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Taxco de Alarcón]

Description: Photograph of a building in Taxco de Alarcón, Mexico. An iron fence is visible in front of the building. The building spans the foreground. The building is a tan color with two balconies on the top floor. Each balcony has an array of potted plants.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

Textile

Description: Textile. Rectangular panel of handwoven cotton/wool, with fringed ends. Mexican weaving, in the Saltillo style, done in reds, blacks, blues, greens, and white. Inlay designs with central diamond shape formed of chevrons and diamonds, width-wise stripes of gradated colors, and bands with short trapezoidal gradated bars of color.
Date: 1965~

[Thatch Roofed Pier]

Description: Photograph of a thatch roofed pier in Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico. The pier is visible in the center foreground. Two tall trees stand at the entrance to the pier with white painted trunks. Another tree grows beside the right side of the pier. Water and sky are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Thatched Roof]

Description: Photograph of a thatched roof in Mexico. The corner of the roof is visible in the top foreground. A wooden canopy is visible on the left side next to the roof line. Trees are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gough, Ray
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