Southern Cross Press: 3 books

It happens rarely that a foreign craft is so intensely identified with a region to the extent that it becomes its symbol.  However, that is exactly what happened with the old Spanish lace from Extremadura, which in Paraguay even lost its name and was baptized with another that does not corresponds...

It introduces the history of Chincoteague Island and the past and present regional lifestyles of watermen, hunters, trappers, who with ingenuity and hard work took advantage of the unique and plentiful natural resources at hand: oysters, crabs, terrapins, wild game, and of course, clams, to develop...

Esta publicación traza la historia de la introducción de encajes españoles en el Paraguay por las mujeres que lo poblaron durante el tiempo de la colonia y delinea el proceso evolutivo en la creación del ñandutí, este particular encaje paraguayo. También describe la técnica de su confección,...