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Native Couture: A History of Santa Fe
Style II This popular exhibition re-opens
on September 6, 2009 and runs through February 21, 2010.
Museum of NM, Santa Fe, The Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology
The exhibition will be updated with new jewelry and
fashions not seen in the previous exhibition. Drawing
from the museum’s incomparable collections, Native
Couture showcases both old and new jewelry – 1880 to the
present. The exhibition will explore the history of
Santa Fe style and what it incorporates. The focus of
Native Couture revolves around the Dicky Pfaelzer
Jewelry Collection donated to the museum by her children
in 2005.
Fashioning New Mexico
What we wore to mark life’s passages.
"Fashioning New Mexico," the inaugural exhibition in
the New Mexico History Museum's Changing Gallery,
explores the clothes we wore over nearly two centuries
of life's milestones - christenings, weddings, military
service, opera openings and more. A variety of
interactive stations challenge visitors to tie a corset
or check out a virtual image of themselves in one of the
collection's outfits. The clothing and accessories have
been collected for the last century. This exhibition
marks the first time they have been on display.
Brocaded wedding dress with train,
ca.1882 Mrs.
Mrs. James Merritt of Brooklyn, New York wore this
stunning wedding dress. Her family later moved to New
Mexico. History Collection NMHM, DCA. Gift of
Louise O. Callin, 1087/45. History Collection NMHM, DCA
Gift of Louise O. Callin, 1087/45
Yellow evening dress ca. 1926.
Peach evening dress, ca. 1926-1927
Yellow evening dress, ca. 1926
- Eugenie Shonnard was born in Yonkers, New York.
She lived in Paris from 1911-1914 and in the 1920s where
she studied sculpture under Rodin and likely purchased
this elegant "flapper" dress. In 1919 she met Edgar Lee
Hewett, who encouraged her to come to Santa Fe to pursue
her art. She spent the summer of 1925 working on her
sculpture in a studio at the Palace of the Governors and
returned two years later to live permanently in Santa
Fe. She married civil engineer and entrepreneur Edward
Ludlam in 1933. History Collection NMHM, DCA.
Gift of Thomas B. Catron III, 2006.40.1, 10109/45.
Peach evening dress, ca. 1926-1927 -As soon as the
ATSF railroad steamed into Las Vegas on July 4, 1879, a
number of fortune seekers, including the Raynolds
brothers, Jefferson, Frederick and Joshua, wasted no
time in taking advantage of the boomtown. They opened
the First National Bank on the plaza in West Las Vegas
and expanded their businesses in New Mexico and El Paso.
Joshua Raynolds built a three-story mansion overlooking
Las Vegas in 1883. Daughter Ruth married James McNary in
the mansion in 1902. She wore this "flapper" dress for
social events. History Collection NMHM, DCA.
Gift of Mrs. Peter S. Krebs, 1272/45
Bata de cola and accessories, ca. 1940
Santa Fean Olinda Rodriguez was chosen by popular
vote as Fiesta queen in 1936 and reappointed in 1937.
This flamenco outfit represents her early years in Santa
Fe as a professional singer and dancer. Mrs. Rodriguez
de Castner was involved with Santa Fe Fiesta most of her
life and her life-long involvement with other community
service organizations conveyed her sense of devotion to
the City of Holy Faith. History Collection NMHM,
DCA. Gift of Robert Castner, 2003.32.15, 16, 6,
30a-b
Photos and information courtesy Museum of New Mexico,
Santa Fe.
For more information or to visit the exhibit, go to:
www.museumofnewmexico.org
www.indianartsandculture.org
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