Feather Rebozo — Cream / Rose / Brown

Handwoven on a backstrap loom in the Purépecha highlands of Michoacán by the Bautista family — the lineage most closely associated with the feather rebozo tradition. Warm cream ground with earth-toned striping and layered featherwork in rose, brown, and cream tones. Part garment, part sculpture, part heirloom.

Dimensions
82¾" L x 29½" W

About the Feather Rebozos of Michoacán
These feather rebozos belong to one of Mexico’s most extraordinary and little-known textile traditions — handwoven on a backstrap loom and finished with intricate featherwork, tracing their lineage to generations of Purépecha women who have preserved the art of weaving across the Meseta Purépecha. The incorporation of feathers recalls Mexico’s ancient tradition of plumaría — the highly refined feather arts practiced in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, where feathers carried ceremonial, symbolic, and material significance. In these rebozos, that legacy survives in an intimate and living form. Neither purely fashion nor simply textile, these works exist somewhere between garment and object — equally at home worn as a rebozo, draped over the shoulders, layered across a dining table, placed at the foot of a bed, or collected as living textiles within the home.

Domingo de Ramos — Market Find
The Domingo de Ramos tianguis in Uruapan, Michoacán is one of Mexico’s most celebrated popular art markets. These pieces were not entered in competition — they were found by Raul Cabra, curator and founder of La Embajada, through direct conversation with the makers. Chosen not just for the object, but for the person behind it.

About Handmade Pieces
Crafted by hand using techniques passed down through generations of master artisans. Variations in color, texture, and finish are inherent to the process — each piece is, by nature, one of a kind.