ALICE KAGAWA PARROTT SANTA FE HANDWOVEN WOOL ART SHAWL PONCHO
Item History & Price
Famous Santa Fe artist Alice Kagawa Parrott -- gorgeous 1960's vintage and colorful hand woven and constructed wool poncho shawl with fringe! Talk about art to wear! To display, or wear, or use as a throw -- it has beautiful colors! Viewing closely, within each colored stripe, most if not all have two colors interwoven to make the stripe color. Colors are rich, jewel-tone shades of blues -- with navy, teal, turquoise, purple, etc.
VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE... NOTE -- Photos were shot in the shade, but they're even darker than they should be. I took the poncho outside today and viewed it in the shade. The stripe colors are vibrant, rich and contrasting -- teal blue, teal green, shades of blue ranging from dark navy to different denim colors (dark denim, faded denim and lighter denim.) The colors and stripes are not as muted as the photos, and stand out, even in the shade, and more so of course in the sun. It's gorgeous and striking! I had only viewed it for the first time inside with limited light a few weeks ago, and it does appear a bit darker then.
Alice Parrott spun her own yarns with wool from New Mexico and Nevada, and made her own natural dyes using local material!
Labeled -- parrott fabrics inc., handwoven in santa fe
Excellent vintage condition. The collar on the back left has a small hole....possibly a pulled yarn was cut and opened it up. But all you see is more yarn..... no daylight, if that makes sense? It's about 1/8 inch.
Approximate measurements -- This poncho shawl appears to be a "one size fits most." It is approximately 41 inches wide and 35 inches long including the 6 inch fringe along the bottom.
Alice Kagawa Parrott (February 12, 1929 – September 11, 2009) was a Japanese American fiber artist and ceramicist. She spent most of her adult life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she established a reputation as one of the country's most important weavers, and opened one of Santa Fe’s first shops devoted to weaving and crafts. She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1952, and then attended Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she studied weaving with Marianne Strengell and minored in ceramics with Maija Grotell. There she met fellow Hawaiian ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu and began a lifelong friendship. She also studied ceramics with Marguerite Wildenhain. Sam Maloof used her weavings in some of his furniture and even wore shirts she wove for him!
VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE... NOTE -- Photos were shot in the shade, but they're even darker than they should be. I took the poncho outside today and viewed it in the shade. The stripe colors are vibrant, rich and contrasting -- teal blue, teal green, shades of blue ranging from dark navy to different denim colors (dark denim, faded denim and lighter denim.) The colors and stripes are not as muted as the photos, and stand out, even in the shade, and more so of course in the sun. It's gorgeous and striking! I had only viewed it for the first time inside with limited light a few weeks ago, and it does appear a bit darker then.
Alice Parrott spun her own yarns with wool from New Mexico and Nevada, and made her own natural dyes using local material!
Labeled -- parrott fabrics inc., handwoven in santa fe
Excellent vintage condition. The collar on the back left has a small hole....possibly a pulled yarn was cut and opened it up. But all you see is more yarn..... no daylight, if that makes sense? It's about 1/8 inch.
Approximate measurements -- This poncho shawl appears to be a "one size fits most." It is approximately 41 inches wide and 35 inches long including the 6 inch fringe along the bottom.
Alice Kagawa Parrott (February 12, 1929 – September 11, 2009) was a Japanese American fiber artist and ceramicist. She spent most of her adult life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she established a reputation as one of the country's most important weavers, and opened one of Santa Fe’s first shops devoted to weaving and crafts. She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1952, and then attended Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she studied weaving with Marianne Strengell and minored in ceramics with Maija Grotell. There she met fellow Hawaiian ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu and began a lifelong friendship. She also studied ceramics with Marguerite Wildenhain. Sam Maloof used her weavings in some of his furniture and even wore shirts she wove for him!
